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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 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1948.

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

3. 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 cities of decadence."
(b) "The urban centers of prosperity."
(c) "The cities of despair."
(d) "The cities of destruction."

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means to display something?
(a) Inhibit.
(b) Delineate.
(c) Interrogate.
(d) Exhibit.

5. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "We have not stopped trembling yet, but if we had not loved each other none of us would have" what?
(a) "Made it to the North."
(b) "Achieved so much."
(c) "Survived."
(d) "Left."

Short Answer Questions

1. What U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

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

3. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "This innocent country set you down" where?

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

5. The author urges the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook" to "imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning to find the sun shining and all the stars" what?

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