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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 was the officer who killed Prince Jones dressed?
(a) In a patrol uniform.
(b) As an undercover drug dealer.
(c) In plain clothes.
(d) As a homeless man.

2. How did Queen Nzinga address the social insult of the Dutch ambassador?
(a) She sat on the ambassador's knee.
(b) She stabbed the ambassador.
(c) She ordered one of her advisers to become a human chair.
(d) She stood on the table.

3. What was the outcome of the trial on page 112?
(a) The man was convicted of firing a gun into the car, but not of murder.
(b) The man was convicted of murder.
(c) The man was convicted of manslaughter.
(d) The man was acquitted of all charges.

4. As a child, what baffled the author about the nonviolent protests of the civil rights moment?
(a) He had been raised in a violent society.
(b) Violence is illegal.
(c) Kids should not see violent television.
(d) He felt the police should have helped more.

5. Why does the author believe Prince Jones was willing to die?
(a) For the cause of black power.
(b) In order to protect his family.
(c) For the greater good of man.
(d) Because he believed in God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author's father collect?

2. What difference does the author see between his childhood and that of his son?

3. Which Howard University student was shot by a PG County officer shortly after the author's encounter with the police?

4. How did the death of Prince Jones affect the author emotionally?

5. What did the city of Manhattan try to build over a slave burial site?

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