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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What U.S. senator told his colleagues in 1903, "The poor African has become a fiend, a wild beast, seeking whom he may devour" (87)?
(a) Isaac La Peyrere.
(b) Benjamin Tillman.
(c) Robert Park.
(d) Chester Pierce.

2. Where was the school that the author's parents took him to visit, as described in the narrative in Chapter 3?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Harlem.

3. Who wrote The Souls of Black Folk in 1903?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Addison Gayle Jr.
(c) Gomes de Zurara.
(d) Eleanor Holmes.

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

5. Who wrote Black Theology and Black Power in 1969?
(a) Carl Linnaeus.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Addison Gayle Jr.
(d) James Cone.

6. When was the film Hoop Dreams released?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1994.

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

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

9. What are the names of the author's maternal grandparents?
(a) Sheila and Carl.
(b) Roberta and James.
(c) Aretha and Jack.
(d) Mary Ann and Alvin.

10. When did Bill Cosby tell the NAACP "we are not Africans" (106)?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1996.

11. 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)?
(a) Robert Park.
(b) Isaac La Peyrere.
(c) John J. DiIulio.
(d) Chester Pierce.

12. Who wrote The Leopard's Spots?
(a) Chester Pierce.
(b) Gunnar Myrdal.
(c) Francis Galton.
(d) Thomas Dixon.

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

14. According to the author, "The 1882 Chinese Restriction Act was exted to an even broader act, encompassing a larger 'Asiatic Barred Zone'" in what year (76)?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1902.

15. Where did the author attend fourth through sixth grades in school?
(a) St. Edward's Parish Day School.
(b) Peake Middle School.
(c) St. Joseph's Parish Day School.
(d) John Brown Middle School.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1, what percentage of Latinx families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?

2. Where did the author's father attend college?

3. When did Alexander Crummell found the first formal Black intellectual society?

4. What is the author's current middle name?

5. Who signed the Immigration Act of 1924 into law?

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