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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the woman sitting in the Eyes story?

2. What does Cleaver say Elijah preached?

3. What does Cleaver say the white prisoners were anxious for following Malcolm X's assassination?

4. What does Cleaver say Baldwin's books express a hatred for?

5. Where does Cleaver work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is punk hunting?

2. What problem does the Muslim have with Cleaver's eyes in Chapter 3?

3. Describe Cleaver's morning routine while in prison.

4. Why does Cleaver think Malcolm was such a magnetic personality?

5. How does prison change Cleaver?

6. Summarize the first vignette in this chapter.

7. Why was Ali seen as such a threat to American society?

8. What is Cleaver's opinion on relationships?

9. Why did Cleaver become involved in the Catholic Church while in prison?

10. Why does Cleaver think white youth is undergoing a dramatic change?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is soul food? What position does soul food hold in today's society? What does Cleaver mean by saying the upper class made soul food into a mocking slogan?

Essay Topic 2

Why did President Kennedy represent great hope for Afro-Americans? How did his death affect the Afro-American community? How do you think things would have been different if President Kennedy had lived?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Cleaver's time in prison.

1) What concessions did Cleaver have to make in prison to survive?

2) How did prison change Cleaver?

3) What kind of person do the students think Cleaver would have become if he had not gone to prison?

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