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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 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is the author writing in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His nephew.
(b) His son.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

2. Where does the author describe listening to the Muslim speakers in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Delancey and Hickamore Streets.
(b) 12th Street and Seventh Avenue.
(c) 125th Street and Seventh Avenue.
(d) Broadway and 45th Street.

3. The author describes the birth of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," saying "here you were: to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against" what?
(a) "The loveless world."
(b) "The madman."
(c) "The struggles you will face."
(d) "The world of evil."

4. How late was the author when he arrived for dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home?
(a) 30 minutes late.
(b) 45 minute late.
(c) 15 minutes late.
(d) 1 hour late.

5. Where does the author describe having dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Oakland.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?

2. The author claims in "Down at the Cross" that two things caused him to begin listening to the Muslim speakers. What was the second thing?

3. How old was the author when he describes an encounter where a policeman made a racial slur as he passed in Manhattan in "Down at the Cross"?

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means great in importance, extent, or size?

5. What does the author say can be heard in the letter recipient's father's "laughter and in his speech and in his songs" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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