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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Down At The Cross: Letter from a Region of My Mind" – Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when he describes an encounter where a policeman made a racial slur as he passed in Manhattan in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 19.

2. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?
(a) "Poets."
(b) "Slaves."
(c) "Teachers."
(d) "Carpenters."

3. What does the word "perish" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) To distinguish.
(b) To die.
(c) To expel.
(d) To enliven.

4. What does the author describe his ancestors picking in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Apples.
(d) Tomatoes.

5. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?
(a) Deterioration.
(b) Cultivation.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Exultation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used by the author in "Down at the Cross" means relentless or unstoppable?

2. What does the word "assuage" from "Down at the Cross" mean?

3. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?

4. What word from "Down at the Cross" means impossible to stop or prevent?

5. The author describes the birth of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," saying "here you were: to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against" what?

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