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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. 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?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1913.

2. How does the author sign off in his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your brother, James."
(b) "Your son, James."
(c) "Your father."
(d) "Your uncle, James."

3. The author asserts in "Down at the Cross" that "a civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be" what?
(a) "Ignorant."
(b) "Isolated."
(c) "Spineless."
(d) "Scared."

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means eager to fight or defiant?
(a) Cautionary.
(b) Truculent.
(c) Conclusive.
(d) Virulent.

5. In "Down at the Cross," the author describes the adolescent changes that the girls undergo, saying that they no longer tease the boys but do what to them instead?
(a) Step on them.
(b) Reprimand them.
(c) Flirt with them.
(d) Interrogate them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say "catches up with kingdoms and crushes them" in "Down at the Cross"?

2. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

3. On what day of the week does the author describe visiting Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?

4. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?

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

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