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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author describe his ancestors picking in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Apples.

3. How does the author describe his father's life in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Impressive.
(b) Ambitious.
(c) Bombastic.
(d) Terrible.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to extremely cruel and brutal behavior?

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

4. What does the word "perish" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. When did Charles Dickens die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say the world has done to his brother in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. What does the author write about the words "acceptance" and "integration" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. What does the word "Negro" mean, and how is it applied in The Fire Next Time?

4. How does the author describe aspirations toward excellence or mediocrity in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. Why does James Baldwin claim to have re-started his letter numerous times in "My Dungeon Shook"?

6. How does the author define the word "integration" in the conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook"?

7. What does the author claim to be the only way you can be destroyed in "My Dungeon Shook"?

8. What "is the danger in the minds of most white Americans," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?

9. What does Baldwin claim to be "the root of my dispute with my country" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

10. How has the black man functioned in the white man's world, according to Baldwin in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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