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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. 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) "Aflame."
(b) "Fallen."
(c) "Black."
(d) "Gone."

2. 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) "His laughter as a child."
(c) "The gravelly voice of our father."
(d) "The singing of birds of yesterday."

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

4. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was a big baby.
(b) He was a small baby.
(c) He was a mean baby.
(d) He was an emaciated baby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe" what?

2. When was E. Franklin Frazier's book The Negro Family in the United States published?

3. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?

4. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?

5. The author describes the birth of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," saying "here you were: to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the circumstances of white society and history in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

3. Who is E. Franklin Frazier and why does the author cite him in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. How does the author describe his mother in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. How does the author rally his nephew in the conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

7. How does James Baldwin describe his father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

9. How does the author describe his relationship with his brother in "My Dungeon Shook"?

10. How does the author describe the temperament and attitudes of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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