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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was The Negro a Beast published?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1925.

2. What was the approximate uninsured rate of African Americans and Latinx Americans when President Barack Obama left office?
(a) 8%.
(b) 11%.
(c) 16%.
(d) 35%.

3. In 2016, what percentage of urban residents in the U.S. reported being victims of violent crimes?
(a) 9%.
(b) 7.4%.
(c) 43%.
(d) 3%.

4. When does the author describe emerging into racial adolescence when his parents took him to a new school in Chapter 3?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

5. Who said, "It is very difficult to find in the South today anything that can be traced directly back to Africa" (106) in 1919?
(a) Robert Park.
(b) Isaac La Peyrere.
(c) Chester Pierce.
(d) Gunnar Myrdal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the term "colorism" coined?

2. Who wrote Systema Nature in 1735?

3. When does the author describe performing in the final round of the Prince William County Martin Luther King Jr. oratorial contest in the Introduction?

4. Where did the author attend fourth through sixth grades in school?

5. Who was cursed by Noah in the Bible because his father viewed Noah in his nakedness?

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