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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hooks say about her interaction with white peers?
(a) She does not interact with white peers.
(b) It is similar to the way they interact with each other.
(c) There is a difference between the way she interacts with white peers and their interaction with each other.
(d) She does not play close attention to how they interact with each other.

2. What did Hooks believe blacks had to do in order to attend traditionally white schools?
(a) Participate in protests and/or riots.
(b) Make straight A's.
(c) Break into the school.
(d) Get up early in the morning so they could be bussed to the traditionally white schools.

3. What did Hooks say is not necessarily found in all social classes?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Assumptions.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Love.

4. What type of writing was Chapter 2 initially going to be?
(a) Poem.
(b) Song lyrics.
(c) Play.
(d) Essay.

5. In Chapter 4, what important tenet did Hooks repeat?
(a) This is about education for liberation.
(b) This is not about education for liberation.
(c) This is about knowledge for freedom.
(d) This is not about knowledge for freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hooks said that sometimes oppression is the result of the need to find better ways of aligning what?

2. According to Hooks, when is the profession of teaching best served?

3. In Chapter 2, what type of person did Hooks say she made friends with?

4. Hooks said teachers do best when they are what type of people?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, Hooks gave the audience her true name. What is it?

(see the answer key)

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