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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nickname of the boy that held a gun on the author on the school bus, as described in Chapter 6?
(a) Smurf.
(b) Robot.
(c) Rat.
(d) Monster.

2. What middle name did the author's father choose for the author when he was born?
(a) Ellis.
(b) James.
(c) Conrad.
(d) Henry.

3. Where did the author's family move to in Virginia after leaving New York City?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Charlottesville.
(c) Manassas.
(d) Roanoke.

4. What term is defined in Chapter 1 as: "when two or more racial groups are not standing on approximately equal footing" (24)?
(a) Racial inequity.
(b) Cultural racism.
(c) Bodily racism.
(d) Racial paucity.

5. Where did the author enroll in high school in the ninth grade?
(a) John Browne High School.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr. High School.
(c) Robert Kennedy High School.
(d) George Roberts High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Roots?

2. Who wrote The Leopard's Spots?

3. Who wrote The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea in 1453?

4. When did the author's father join Floyd H. Flake's ministerial staff?

5. What did the author's father study in college?

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