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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who taught the class "The Black Aesthetic" that the author's father attended in college?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) Addison Gayle Jr.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Sam Greenlee.

2. When did Peter Brown write a book that leaned on his human hair collection to classify hair and stated, "The hair of the white man is more perfect than that of the Negro" (141)?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1779.
(d) 1850.

3. When was the term "microaggression" coined?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1980.

4. How many students attended the high school that the author attended?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 500.

5. What was the Latinx immigrant population in the U.S. in 2000?
(a) 14.1 million.
(b) 4.2 million.
(c) 6.2 million.
(d) 10.3 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who coined the term "Ebonics"?

2. Who wrote Native Son?

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. According to Department of Education data, how many times more likely were Black students than White students to be suspended from public schools in the 2013-14 academic school year?

5. Who coined the term "microaggression"?

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