1. Where did the author perform in the final round of the Prince William County Martin Luther King Jr. oratorial contest described in the Introduction?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) Virginia.
(d) New York.

2. Where did the author's mother attend college?
(a) Baruch College.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Nyack College.

3. When was An American Dilemma published?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1962.

4. Who coined the term "microaggression"?
(a) Chester Pierce.
(b) Gunnar Myrdal.
(c) Thomas Dixon.
(d) Francis Galton.

5. When did the author's mother celebrate her 31st birthday?
(a) September 12, 1980.
(b) June 2, 1998.
(c) March 15, 1995.
(d) June 24, 1982.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined in Chapter 2 as "One who is expressing the racist idea that a racial group is culturally or behaviorally inferior and is supporting cultural or behavioral enrichment programs to develop that group" (30)?

2. What U.S. senator told his colleagues in 1903, "The poor African has become a fiend, a wild beast, seeking whom he may devour" (87)?

3. Where was the school that the author's parents took him to visit, as described in the narrative in Chapter 3?

4. What percentage of White families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?

5. How many students attended the high school that the author attended?

(see the answer key)

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