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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up Black (pages 21-47).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe Malcolm X?
(a) Fierce, violent, and wild.
(b) Strong, ethical, and powerful.
(c) Rebellious, irrational, and impulsive.
(d) Controlled, intelligent, and beyond fear.

2. What difference does the author see between his childhood and that of his son?
(a) He had more friends than his son does now.
(b) His son's friends are much wilder than his were.
(c) His son is living in "The Dream."
(d) He had to learn to fight and survive in a more violent environment.

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

4. Coats explains that the young men who walk the streets of Baltimore loud and rude do so because:
(a) They are uneducated and don't know any better.
(b) It is their way of being friendly.
(c) They are uncultured and wild.
(d) It gives them a sense of security and power.

5. Where is Howard University located?
(a) Baltimore, MD.
(b) Atlanta, GA.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Hampton, VA.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the memoir addressed?

2. According to the author, America believes itself to be:

3. At what age does the author remember witnessing his first street fight?

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

5. What 1986 event helped solidify the author's view that violence is inevitable?

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