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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation" – Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the author claim "no one has ever accused her of being bitter" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His wife.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His daughter.

2. Whom does the author describe watching learn to walk in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His nephew.
(b) His son.
(c) His brother.
(d) His grandson.

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

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

5. In "My Dungeon Shook," the author cites E. Franklin Frazier as describing a time when the blacks left the land and entered into what?
(a) "The urban centers of prosperity."
(b) "The cities of destruction."
(c) "The cities of despair."
(d) "The cities of decadence."

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means eager to fight or defiant?

3. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. After whom was the letter recipient named in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. What did the Emancipation Proclamation proclaim?

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