1. After the confrontation at the bar, the author says that one of his companions, a Korean War veteran, said that the bar had been the white man's fight too. How did the white man respond?
(a) "I don't care about the war."
(b) "I thank you for your service, Sir."
(c) "I lost my conscience a long time ago."
(d) "You don't fight my fights for me."

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?
(a) Complexity.
(b) Desolate.
(c) Integrity.
(d) Inferiority.

3. The author says of one of his ancestors in "My Dungeon Shook," "One of them said, the very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and" what?
(a) "My chains fell off."
(b) "I was given faith."
(c) "I was engulfed."
(d) "I suddenly saw the light."

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

5. In what war does the author describe many of his friends enlisting in the service to fight in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Vietnam War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author describe having dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?

2. When did Rudyard Kipling live?

3. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?

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

(see the answer key)

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