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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?
(a) Pillar.
(b) Chattel.
(c) Mast.
(d) Ballast.

2. What does the author say can be heard in the letter recipient's father's "laughter and in his speech and in his songs" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Patience.
(b) Tears.
(c) Civility.
(d) Joy.

3. When was Charles Dickens born?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1812.

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means to display something?
(a) Delineate.
(b) Exhibit.
(c) Inhibit.
(d) Interrogate.

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

6. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe" what?
(a) "What white people say about you."
(b) "That you are destined for greatness."
(c) "That you are attainable."
(d) "That your life is fluid."

7. About how many years ago does the author describe the letter recipient being born in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 16 years ago.
(b) 14 years ago.
(c) 20 years ago.
(d) 10 years ago.

8. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was an angry baby.
(b) He was a small baby.
(c) He was a temperamental baby.
(d) He was a big baby.

9. What does the word "perish" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) To expel.
(b) To distinguish.
(c) To die.
(d) To enliven.

10. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to extremely cruel and brutal behavior?
(a) Diligence.
(b) Apprehension.
(c) Inhumanity.
(d) Integrity.

11. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means great in importance, extent, or size?
(a) Corporal.
(b) Pixillated.
(c) Malevolent.
(d) Monumental.

12. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were" what?
(a) "On a road to success."
(b) "A worthless human being."
(c) "A part of the American Dream."
(d) "On the road to failure."

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

14. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?
(a) "You were a man."
(b) "You were rich."
(c) "You were poor."
(d) "You were black."

15. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?
(a) "A cellar your father does not remember and a house he does not remember."
(b) "A grain silo sitting at the edge of the desert for no reason."
(c) "A long and dark tunnel into the fear that hides behind his soul."
(d) "A field of flowers and a vase of daisies."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was "My Dungeon Shook" first published?

2. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

3. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "This innocent country set you down" where?

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