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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In describing his dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home, the author states, "I began to see that Elijah's power came from his" what?
(a) "Ability to create a sense of calm."
(b) "Ambition."
(c) "Articulation and sense of logic."
(d) "Single-mindedness."

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

3. When dd Elijah Muhammad die?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1965.

4. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that what "and heroism have been made synonymous except when it comes to blacks"?
(a) "Power."
(b) "Violence."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Strength."

5. Where does the author claim he was when a bartender refused to serve him and some friends in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The Sam Houston Airport.
(b) The Chicago O'Hare airport.
(c) The J.F.K. airport.
(d) The La Guardia airport.

6. In describing Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross," the author notes, "The central quality in Elijah's face is" what?
(a) "Joy."
(b) "Tranquility."
(c) "Pain."
(d) "Love."

7. What does the author say "catches up with kingdoms and crushes them" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "God."
(b) "Power."
(c) "Time."
(d) "Judgment."

8. About how old does the author describe the female pastor as being when he met her in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 55-60.
(b) 45-50.
(c) 25-30.
(d) 65-70.

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

10. What does the author claim to be the seeming "sum of our achievement" as humans, in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The power to kill nature.
(b) The power to enslave one another.
(c) The power to exterminate ourselves.
(d) The power to oppress one another.

11. Where was the author going when he crossed Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and the policeman made a racial slur toward him in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) To the 42nd Street Library.
(b) To the Institute.
(c) To his high school.
(d) To a Broadway performance.

12. What does the author describe feeling guilty about having in his pocket when he visited Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) A flask of whiskey.
(c) A notepad.
(d) A tape recorder.

13. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to people who engage in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings?
(a) Diffidents.
(b) Sheisters.
(c) Hucksters.
(d) Racketeers.

14. When did Rudyard Kipling live?
(a) 1865-1936.
(b) 1899-1959.
(c) 1798-1856.
(d) 1802-1880.

15. What does the author claim is the only thing to "cause any of those people to treat you as they presumably wanted to be treated" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "The ability to communicate with them."
(b) "The ability for empathy."
(c) "The power of attorney."
(d) "The fear of your power to retaliate."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Nation of Islam founded?

2. On what day of the week does the author describe visiting Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?

3. What does the word "bulwark" mean in "Down at the Cross"?

4. Where did Rudyard Kipling live?

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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