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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where was the high school located that the author enrolled in for ninth grade?
(a) Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
(b) Long Island, New York.
(c) Flushing, Queens.
(d) Harlem, New York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is defined in Chapter 1 as: "when two or more racial groups are not standing on approximately equal footing" (24)?

2. When did the author's mother celebrate her 31st birthday?

3. Wisconsin's strict voter-ID law suppressed approximately how many votes in the 2016 election?

4. Who coined the term "Ebonics"?

5. On what date did President Bill Clinton state, "Blacks must understand and acknowledge the roots of White fear in America" (86)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an "assimilationist"?

2. How does the author describe entering "racial puberty" in Chapter 3?

3. How is a "biological racist" defined by the author?

4. Why does the author prefer the term "racist policy" over "institutional racism" or "systemic racism"?

5. What does "affirmative action" refer to?

6. How is "ethnic racism" defined by the author?

7. How does the author describe his feelings about the speech he gave, as described in the Introduction?

8. What was the Black Power movement?

9. What is the "curse theory" regarding racism?

10. How does the author define a "segregationist"?

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