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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dream (pages 108-132).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author's son when Coats first took him along on an interview?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) Six.
(d) 13.

2. Whom was the author interviewing in Chicago?
(a) Black businessmen.
(b) Elderly black men and women.
(c) Black politicians.
(d) Black gang leaders.

3. What did the city of Manhattan try to build over a slave burial site?
(a) The Twin Towers.
(b) A department store and a government building.
(c) A school.
(d) A park and a museum.

4. What comparison does the author make between the police officer who shot Prince Jones and the ones who died on September 11?
(a) One is a villain and the others heroes.
(b) They wear the same cloth.
(c) He cannot judge them as police, but as men.
(d) They are all the same in his eyes.

5. What important skills did the author's mother teach him?
(a) How to stretch a dollar.
(b) How to read and write.
(c) How to cook and clean his clothes.
(d) How to pray.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, who controls the streets of Baltimore?

2. What did the author's parents teach him about religion?

3. How did the author and his friends illegally obtain alcohol when they were underage?

4. Why was the man on page 112 arguing with the boy in the car?

5. What acclaimed history book did Chancellor William write?

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