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

2. What does the author describe school revealing itself to be to the black community passing through adolescence in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "A path to enlightenment."
(b) "A segue into more fruitful endeavors."
(c) "A child's game that one could not win."
(d) "A pursuit toward excellence."

3. What U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Andrew Johnson.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

4. In what periodical was "Down at the Cross" first published?
(a) Time.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Reader's Digest.
(d) Publisher's Weekly.

5. The author states in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook," "We cannot be free until" what?
(a) "They are free."
(b) "They are dead."
(c) "We are educated."
(d) "We are one."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Down at the Cross," what does the author define as "the judges, the juries, the shotguns, the law"?

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

3. Where did Rudyard Kipling live?

4. How old was the author when two police officers amused themselves with frisking him, according to the story in "Down at the Cross"?

5. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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