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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "'Racist' isn't a descriptive word. It's a pejorative word" (14)?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Carl Linnaeus.
(c) Richard Spencer.
(d) Addison Gayle Jr.

2. From where did the author's maternal grandparents move to New York?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Arkansas.

3. Who was the immigrant student that the author describes teasing about his ethnic heritage in Chapter 5?
(a) Martin.
(b) Gbenga.
(c) Jack.
(d) Kwame.

4. Who wrote The Fire Next Time?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Richard Wright.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Sam Greenlee.

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, what percentage of Latinx families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?
(a) 41%.
(b) 52%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 71%.

6. When does the author describe Soul Liberation performing at the University of Illinois in Chapter 1?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1965.

7. Who wrote The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea in 1453?
(a) Gomes de Zurara.
(b) Eleanor Holmes.
(c) Carl Linnaeus.
(d) Addison Gayle Jr.

8. Who wrote in 1978, "In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently" (26)?
(a) Addison Gayle Jr.
(b) Harry Blackmun.
(c) James Cone.
(d) W.E.B. Du Bois.

9. Who stated, "The blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to whites in the endowments both of body and mind" (27)?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

10. What percentage of White families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?
(a) 55%.
(b) 41%.
(c) 71%.
(d) 45%.

11. What are the names of the author's parents?
(a) Rhonda and Sam.
(b) Emily and Jack.
(c) Carol and Larry.
(d) Amy and James.

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

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

14. In 2015, what percentage of people killed by police were Black, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) 10%.
(b) 63%.
(c) 26%.
(d) 3%.

15. Who wrote Systema Nature in 1735?
(a) Addison Gayle Jr.
(b) Carl Linnaeus.
(c) Gomes de Zurara.
(d) Eleanor Holmes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts?

2. What nickname did the author get named in seventh and eighth grades?

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

4. Who wrote in The War On Cops, "The core criminal-justice population is the black underclass" (87)?

5. Who warned in 1995, "Most inner-city children grow up surrounded by teenagers and adults who are themselves deviant, delinquent or criminal. A new generation of street criminals is upon us--the youngest, biggest and baddest generation any society has ever known" (94)?

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