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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. According to the author, navigating the streets of Baltimore is like a:
(a) Warzone.
(b) Series of trick questions.
(c) Playground.
(d) Battlefield.

2. Whom does the author describe as "the God I never had"?
(a) His soul.
(b) His son.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

3. How did the author spend most of his time at The Mecca?
(a) Listening to and writing poetry.
(b) Absorbing culture and music.
(c) Arguing politics on the Lawn.
(d) Reading and taking notes on black literature and essays.

4. Whose death reminded the author that his world and his son's were one and the same?
(a) The author's grandmother.
(b) The author's father.
(c) Michael Jackson.
(d) Michael Brown.

5. According to the author, what is the purpose of defining races of people?
(a) To identify people groups.
(b) To define culture.
(c) To instill a sense of cultural pride.
(d) To form a hierarchy in society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the girl with the long dreads teach the author?

2. According to the author, there is no difference between his son and which murdered 17-year-old?

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

4. What important skills did the author's mother teach him?

5. Coats explains that the young men who walk the streets of Baltimore loud and rude do so because:

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