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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Re-Enforcement (pages 75-88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of work did the author's father do?
(a) Police officer for Baltimore City.
(b) Freelance writer and journalist.
(c) Custodian for Baltimore public schools.
(d) Research librarian at Howard University.

2. What is "The Mecca" that the author describes to his son?
(a) The culture of the student body at Howard University.
(b) His father's collection of books.
(c) His poetry notebook.
(d) His mother's collection of vintage vinyl.

3. What surprised the author about the sixteenth and seventeenth century portraits of Africans?
(a) Their facial features had be Anglicized.
(b) They were drawn in a ravenous, lustful, simian manner.
(c) The appeared regal and serene.
(d) The looked ethnically different from African-Americans.

4. What acclaimed history book did Chancellor William write?
(a) By Any Means Necessary.
(b) Destruction of Black Civilization.
(c) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
(d) Notes of a Native Son.

5. What does the author remember about Manhattan?
(a) It is where his son was born.
(b) That it once housed slave auctions.
(c) It was where he learned to believe in humanity again.
(d) That is is a beautiful city.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Malcolm X?

2. Who is Linda Heywood?

3. What has been the prevalent emotion in the author's life?

4. According to the author, whom or what do the police reflect?

5. What is the "one-drop" rule?

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