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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Cleaver liken being associated to Watts?
(a) Being in a bad marriage
(b) Hell
(c) A country bumpkin
(d) Falling in love

2. What major crime was Cleaver convicted of?
(a) Rape
(b) Murder
(c) Perjury
(d) Armed robbery

3. What is the second Vignette called?
(a) Eyes
(b) Love
(c) Showing My Teeth
(d) Soul

4. In which of the following areas does Cleaver say black men are accepted?
(a) Sports
(b) High society
(c) Academia
(d) Prison

5. What does Cleaver say the Uncle Toms were trying to do?
(a) Become white
(b) Find peace
(c) Worship
(d) Survive

6. What drug was Cleaver caught in possession of?
(a) LSD
(b) Marijuana
(c) Ectasy
(d) Cocaine

7. What does Cleaver say Baldwin's books express a hatred for?
(a) Hetrosexuals
(b) Women
(c) Blacks
(d) Whites

8. Why were whites willing to support a black man?
(a) There was no alternative
(b) They could feel good about themselves
(c) They could make money from him
(d) They could promote a good image for America

9. What was Cleaver doing when Malcolm X was killed?
(a) Watching a movie
(b) Playing marbles
(c) Writing
(d) Fighting

10. What other black writer does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?
(a) Richard Wright
(b) Richard Pryor
(c) David Barnes
(d) Bessie Smith

11. What did the U.S Supreme Court outlaw in 1954?
(a) Segregation
(b) Gay marriage
(c) Alcohol
(d) Hanging

12. Why did the guard rip down Cleaver's poster?
(a) The girl was naked
(b) It was anti-religous
(c) It scared the other prisoners
(d) It was a white women

13. What does Cleaver vow the black will have?
(a) His peace
(b) His manhood
(c) His freedom
(d) His own country

14. What does Cleaver talk about the need for in this section?
(a) Sex
(b) Spectator sports
(c) Films
(d) Peace

15. What do the inmates have three times a week?
(a) A free evening
(b) A beer
(c) Letters
(d) A visitor

Short Answer Questions

1. What writer does Cleaver say he was a huge fan of?

2. What did Cleaver's lawyer give him that resulted in Cleaver spending time in solitary confinement?

3. What was Cleaver overriding desire when he heard about Malcolm X's death?

4. What does Cleaver say made him aware of his social status?

5. What does Cleaver say he has stopped referring to the white man as?

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