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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue – Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What single phrase comprises Chapter 2?
(a) "Where we going?"
(b) "Up or down?"
(c) "Westside, nigger! What?"
(d) "White boy, stop."

2. What was the hero of the one comic book that the narrator ever owned?
(a) Superman.
(b) Aquaman.
(c) Batman.
(d) Green Lantern.

3. What does the narrator lay out the three basic laws of in the opening of Chapter 3?
(a) Ghetto physics.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Court appearances.
(d) Racial interactions.

4. For what college was the narrator's father the interim dean?
(a) Citrus Heights Community College.
(b) Hollywood Hills Community College.
(c) West Riverside Community College.
(d) South Los Angeles Community College.

5. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?
(a) The Who.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) The Beegees.
(d) Neil Young.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?

2. On what date was the narrator summoned to appear at the U. S. Supreme court building in the Prologue?

3. Whose theory of cognitive development is cited in Chapter 1?

4. When did the West African nation of Ghana declare independence?

5. When was the town where the narrator grew up founded?

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