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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. About how old does the author describe the female pastor as being when he met her in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 65-70.
(b) 25-30.
(c) 55-60.
(d) 45-50.

2. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe" what?
(a) "That your life is fluid."
(b) "That you are attainable."
(c) "What white people say about you."
(d) "That you are destined for greatness."

3. What does the word "assuage" from "Down at the Cross" mean?
(a) To reassure.
(b) To deter.
(c) To placate.
(d) To satisfy.

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

5. When was E. Franklin Frazier's book The Negro Family in the United States published?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?

2. When did Rudyard Kipling live?

3. The author describes the recipient's face as being the same face of whom in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to extremely cruel and brutal behavior?

5. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?

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