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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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) Virginia.
(b) Texas.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

2. What is the author's current middle name?
(a) Xalen.
(b) Xavier.
(c) Xanbi.
(d) Xolani.

3. Who wrote the 2014 book A Troublesome Inheritance?
(a) Nicholas Wade.
(b) Chester Pierce.
(c) Francis Galton.
(d) Robert Park.

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

5. Who wrote Native Son?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Sam Greenlee.
(d) W.E.B. Du Bois.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author enroll in high school in the ninth grade?

2. According to the author, how much longer do White Americans live over their Black counterparts?

3. When did a bipartisan group of White legislators introduce the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, according to the author in Chapter 6?

4. To what college was the author accepted, although he did not attend that school?

5. What adored civil-rights lawyer wrote in The New York Times in 1985 that the "remedy ... is not as simple as providing necessities and opportunities," but urged the "overthrow of the complicated predatory ghetto subculture" (33)?

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