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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Family Tree," the poet writes, "Because we all spring / from different trees / we are not created" what?
(a) Equally.
(b) Similarly.
(c) Alike.
(d) At the same time.

2. Geronimo ji-Jaga was targeted by what FBI program?
(a) COINTELPRO.
(b) CORETELPRO.
(c) COUNTTOTEN.
(d) COMTELPROM.

3. To whom is the poem "A River That Flows Forever" dedicated?
(a) "Brother."
(b) "Lover."
(c) "Mother."
(d) "Sister."

4. What does the poet write has been abused in "No-Win"?
(a) "My spirit."
(b) My god."
(c) "My manhood."
(d) "My outlook."

5. Oliver North was involved in what political scandal?
(a) The Kennedy assassination.
(b) Iran-Contra Affair.
(c) Watergate.
(d) The Vietnam war.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet writes in "For Mrs. Hawkins," "I'm not out 2 offend the positive souls / only the racist dogs who" what?

2. What are uncovered "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?

3. What "always prevail" in the poem "Nightmares"?

4. What was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981?

5. What autobiography did Huey Newton write?

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