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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was cursed by Noah in the Bible because his father viewed Noah in his nakedness?
(a) Moses.
(b) Canaan.
(c) Peter.
(d) Adam.

2. Where was the high school located that the author enrolled in for ninth grade?
(a) Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
(b) Flushing, Queens.
(c) Long Island, New York.
(d) Harlem, New York.

3. Who wrote Men Before Adam in 1655?
(a) Chester Pierce.
(b) Isaac La Peyrere.
(c) Francis Galton.
(d) Thomas Dixon.

4. When was The Origin of Species published?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1899.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bill Cosby tell the NAACP "we are not Africans" (106)?

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

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

4. In 2015, what percentage of people killed by police were Black, according to the author in Chapter 6?

5. Who was the immigrant student that the author describes teasing about his ethnic heritage in Chapter 5?

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