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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Tupac Shakur's stepfather?
(a) Barunu Shakur.
(b) Garala Shakur.
(c) Surala Shakur.
(d) Mutulu Shakur.

2. The poet claims in "Government Assistance or My Soul" that he would "go hungry and homeless" before what?
(a) "Taking handouts."
(b) "Eating bad food."
(c) "The American Government gets my soul."
(d) "Filling out all the paperwork."

3. Shakur concludes the poem "The Promise" stating, "Trickery does not succeed / with those with" what?
(a) "A Well Informed Mind."
(b) "Fool-proof Glasses."
(c) "A Pure Heart."
(d) "Honest Hearts."

4. For whom is "Just a Breath of Freedom" written?
(a) Harriet Tubman.
(b) Nelson Mandela.
(c) Bob Marley.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

5. Who was liberty misquoted by in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?
(a) "Mandela."
(b) "Malcolm X."
(c) "The Indians."
(d) "Reagan."

Short Answer Questions

1. "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!" is dedicated to what?

2. What group did Huey Newton found?

3. "Tears of a Teenage Mother" begins, "He's bragging about his new" what?

4. 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."

5. What did Mrs. Hawkins lose her son to, according to "For Mrs. Hawkins"?

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