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

2. 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) Chester Pierce.
(b) Isaac La Peyrere.
(c) Robert Park.
(d) Gunnar Myrdal.

3. What is the author's current middle name?
(a) Xolani.
(b) Xavier.
(c) Xanbi.
(d) Xalen.

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

5. When does the author describe performing in the final round of the Prince William County Martin Luther King Jr. oratorial contest in the Introduction?
(a) June 2, 1998.
(b) September 12, 2003.
(c) March 15, 1995.
(d) January 17, 2000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author perform in the final round of the Prince William County Martin Luther King Jr. oratorial contest described in the Introduction?

2. What term does the author prefer to replace "microaggressions" (58)?

3. In 1993, what percentage of urban residents reported being victims of violent crime in the U.S.?

4. What are the names of the author's parents?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is "racial inequity" defined by the author?

2. How does the author define the terms "racist" and "antiracist"?

3. What does "affirmative action" refer to?

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

5. Describe the racial inequity of the U.S. prison population.

6. How are climate change and racist policy relate to one another?

7. Why was the author giving a speech in the scenario he described in the Introduction? What was the speech about?

8. What, according to the author, is the problem with being "not racist"?

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

10. What is meant by the term "microaggression"?

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