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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 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What qualities does the author claim Elijah Muhammad has invested in his followers in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Caution and fear.
(b) Pride and serenity.
(c) Peace and humility.
(d) Worry and doubt.

2. When was the Dred Scott decision reached?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1857.

3. How does the author respond when asked by the female pastor, "Whose little boy are you?"
(a) "David Baldwin's."
(b) "Allah's."
(c) "God's."
(d) "Why, yours."

4. Whom does the author claim "no one has ever accused her of being bitter" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His sister.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His daughter.

5. 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?
(a) The Presidential elections.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "Down at the Cross" means impossible to stop or prevent?

2. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that "we can make America" what?

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

4. The author claims of white people in "My Dungeon Shook," "They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which" what?

5. In "Down at the Cross," what does the author define as "the judges, the juries, the shotguns, the law"?

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