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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what periodical was "Down at the Cross" first published?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Publisher's Weekly.
(d) Time.

2. What word from "Down at the Cross" describes a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one?
(a) Exaltation.
(b) Propagation.
(c) Metamorphosis.
(d) Delineation.

3. 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) "Ambition."
(b) "Ability to create a sense of calm."
(c) "Single-mindedness."
(d) "Articulation and sense of logic."

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

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?
(a) The intensity of the crowds.
(b) His father's death.
(c) The struggle for power.
(d) The Vietnam War.

6. In becoming a successful Young Minister, the author describes his rivalry with whom, in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His father.
(c) His younger brother.
(d) His older brother.

7. As the author describes growing up in Harlem in "Down at the Cross," he says, "In the same way that the girls were destined to gain as much weight as their mothers, the boys, it was clear, would" what?
(a) "Fall even further from grace."
(b) "Leave home and never return."
(c) "Rise no higher than their fathers."
(d) "Become even lower than their fathers."

8. In what war does the author describe many of his friends enlisting in the service to fight in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Korean War.

9. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument?
(a) Antagonist.
(b) Demagogue.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Pedagogue.

10. The author claims that we owe the ministry of Elijah Muhammad to the fact that he witnessed what when he was five or six years old?
(a) His mother's lynching.
(b) His father's lynching.
(c) His mother's rape.
(d) His uncle's execution.

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

12. How old was the author when two police officers amused themselves with frisking him, according to the story in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 12.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 10.

13. Where does the author describe the pimps and whores hanging out in Harlem in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The Avenue.
(b) Delancey.
(c) Broadway.
(d) Broad St.

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

15. What color clothing does the author describe the women wearing at Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a large area of unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia?

2. 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?

3. How does the author describe female segregated restrooms in "Down at the Cross"?

4. What author does the narrator describe beginning to read when he began losing his faith in "Down at the Cross"?

5. In describing white liberal attitudes in "Down at the Cross," the author states that "they could deal with the Negro as a symbol or a victim but has no real sense of him as" what?

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