2. After whom was the letter recipient named in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) After his godfather.
(b) After his father.
(c) After the author.
(d) After his grandfather.

3. What does the author describe as the subject of the Nation of Islam speeches he observed on the streets in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Humility.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Love.
(d) Power.

4. The author writes in "Down at the Cross," "It was absolutely clear that the police would whip you and take you in as long as" what?
(a) "You were hiding something."
(b) "They could get away with it."
(c) "You were guilty."
(d) "You were not one of them."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Elijah Muhammad tell the author that the white man's time had been up, but that it had been the will of Allah that the black man be redeemed by his white masters?

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

3. When did Rudyard Kipling live?

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means to display something?

5. What does the author claim to act is to be in "My Dungeon Shook"?

(see the answer key)

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