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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charles Dickens is regarded as the greatest novelist of what era?
(a) The modernist era.
(b) The Victorian era.
(c) The Edwardian era.
(d) The Renaissance.

2. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?
(a) "Your ancestors."
(b) "Me."
(c) "White people."
(d) "Your father."

3. The author indicates in "My Dungeon Shook" that "people find it very difficult to act on" what?
(a) "What they've forgotten."
(b) "Intuition."
(c) "Faith."
(d) "What they know."

4. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "He was unaware of his destiny and fell behind."
(b) "He really believed what what people said about him."
(c) "He didn't care for his family or his friends."
(d) "He couldn't stop his temper from exploding."

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

6. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?
(a) "The gravelly voice of our father."
(b) "The singing of birds of yesterday."
(c) "His laughter as a child."
(d) "The laughter of tomorrow."

7. The author urges the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook" to "imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning to find the sun shining and all the stars" what?
(a) "Gone."
(b) "Aflame."
(c) "Black."
(d) "Fallen."

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

9. 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) Civility.
(b) Tears.
(c) Joy.
(d) Patience.

10. What is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) David Baldwin.
(b) John Baldwin.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) George Baldwin.

11. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "I will see you on the morrow."
(b) "God bless you, James, and Godspeed."
(c) "I love you, dear James, and I send my love to the family."
(d) "I hope that you will forgive me."

12. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?
(a) Love.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Clarity.
(d) Faith.

13. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook" that "the danger, in the minds of most white Americans, is" what?
(a) "The loss of identity."
(b) "The loss of faith."
(c) "The loss of power."
(d) "The loss of money."

14. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?
(a) Deterioration.
(b) Cultivation.
(c) Exultation.
(d) Ambition.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom when?

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?

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

4. Whom does the author claim "no one has ever accused her of being bitter" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. What does the author claim to act is to be in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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