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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. 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 guilty."
(b) "You were not one of them."
(c) "They could get away with it."
(d) "You were hiding something."

2. What does the author describe his ancestors building in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Factories.
(b) Skyscrapers.
(c) Cars.
(d) Railroads.

3. What does the word "assuage" from "Down at the Cross" mean?
(a) To reassure.
(b) To satisfy.
(c) To deter.
(d) To placate.

4. The author states in "Down at the Cross," "White people hold the power, which means that they are" what?
(a) "Selfish."
(b) "Superior to blacks."
(c) "Free."
(d) "Inferior to blacks."

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) Flirt with them.
(b) Step on them.
(c) Reprimand them.
(d) Interrogate them.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?

2. When was the Nation of Islam founded?

3. Where did Homer live?

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

5. 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?

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