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

2. How old was the author when he describes having gone through a "prolonged religious crisis" in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 14.
(b) 19.
(c) 10.
(d) 21.

3. 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 father's lynching.
(b) His mother's lynching.
(c) His mother's rape.
(d) His uncle's execution.

4. 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) World War I.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) World War II.

5. What does the author describe as the subject of the Nation of Islam speeches he observed on the streets in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Love.
(b) Power.
(c) Humility.
(d) Acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author puts forth the Nation of Islam's belief that the white man's rule will be ended in how much time in "Down at the Cross"?

2. How old was the author when he describes an encounter where a policeman made a racial slur as he passed in Manhattan in "Down at the Cross"?

3. Where did Rudyard Kipling live?

4. What does the author describe school revealing itself to be to the black community passing through adolescence in "Down at the Cross"?

5. The author asserts in "Down at the Cross," "The real reason that nonviolence is considered to be a virtue in Negroes--I am not speaking now of its racial value, another matter altogether--is that white men do not want" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe his religious faith to Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?

2. What differences does the author point out between Christianity and Islam in the second section of "Down at the Cross"?

3. How does the author describe the setting of Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?

4. How would you describe the tone in the second section of "Down at the Cross"? How has the author's perspective changed?

5. What does the author remark about the Holocaust in "Down at the Cross"?

6. What causes the author irritation during his dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home?

7. What is noteworthy about the quotes that open "Down at the Cross"?

8. How does the author compare his involvement in ministry with the thugs on the Avenue in "Down at the Cross"?

9. What parallels does the author draw between Christianity and Islam in "Down at the Cross"?

10. How does the author describe his departure from Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?

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