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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet write the shores of Howard Beach are full of in "How Can We Be Free"?
(a) Jellyfish.
(b) Litter.
(c) Afrikan corpses.
(d) Sharks.

2. The first line of "Carmencita of the Bronx!" says "U saw" what "at its best"?
(a) Determination.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Human nature.
(d) Pride.

3. In "A River That Flows Forever," the poet writes, "As long as some ____ / The River Flows Forever."
(a) Are angry.
(b) Have love.
(c) Have pride.
(d) Suffer.

4. What is the fourth thing the poet lists in "Things That Make Hearts Break"?
(a) "Pretty smiles."
(b) "People who dream with their eyes open."
(c) "Deceiving laughs."
(d) "Lonely children."

5. Shakur writes in "Family Tree," "I was the tree who grew from" what?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Granite.
(c) Water.
(d) Weeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shakur write is his "only recreation" in "Only 4 The Righteous"?

2. Shakur writes in "When Ure Hero Falls," "when ure Hero falls so do" what?

3. Shakur concludes "Liberty Needs Glasses" with the lines, "I mean really if anyone really valued life / and cared about the masses / They'd take 'em both 2 ____ / and get 2 pairs of glasses."

4. What does the poet say "U discovered" after "your soul was found" in "Elizabeth"?

5. With what organization was Geronimo ji-Jaga involved?

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