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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. What did the author have to learn from his son's mother?
(a) How to interpret train schedules.
(b) How to order in a restaurant.
(c) How to tell his son he loved him.
(d) How to speak French.

2. According to the author, how is racism experienced through real estate?
(a) Neighborhood covenants prohibit black families from buying in certain areas.
(b) Buyers are purposefully steered towards certain neighborhoods.
(c) Certain realtors refuse to work with black families.
(d) Property values are intentionally spiked in traditionally white neighborhoods.

3. How did the author feel when he strolled his young son through a traditionally white neighborhood?
(a) Safe.
(b) Angry.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Proud.

4. Who is Linda Heywood?
(a) An American poet.
(b) A musician the author met at The Mecca.
(c) A Howard professor specialized in Central Africa.
(d) A protester from the Lawn.

5. To where did the author move to in 2001?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What regret does the author have about the friend he made in France?

3. To whom is the memoir addressed?

4. What does the author wish he had done differently with the woman who pushed his son?

5. What question does the author pose about assaulting an officer of the law?

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