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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 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author claim to act is to be in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Demanding.
(b) Committed.
(c) Impertinent.
(d) Complacent.

2. How does the author describe his father's life in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Impressive.
(b) Ambitious.
(c) Bombastic.
(d) Terrible.

3. How does the author describe his feelings about "a separate black economy in America"?
(a) "Willfull, and even mischievous nonsense."
(b) "A cautionary warning."
(c) "An ideal to attain."
(d) "A true possibility if there were enough cooperation."

4. What kind of athletic career does the author describe pursuing but not succeeding at in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Football.
(c) Prize-fighting.
(d) Basketball.

5. Where did Charles Dickens live?
(a) The United States.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a confusing and difficult problem or question?

2. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?

3. When was E. Franklin Frazier's book The Negro Family in the United States published?

4. When did Rudyard Kipling live?

5. In what war does the author describe many of his friends enlisting in the service to fight in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?

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