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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Remembering Lest We Forget (pages 5 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age does the author remember witnessing his first street fight?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

2. Why did the author refrain from comforting his son when Michael Brown's killers were set free?
(a) He was busy calling the news station.
(b) His son locked the bedroom door.
(c) He was too sad to move off the couch,
(d) He feels he pain of grief is an important lesson.

3. Who said, "Either I can beat him, or the police"?
(a) The author's grandmother.
(b) The author.
(c) The author's mother.
(d) The author's father.

4. What 1986 event helped solidify the author's view that violence is inevitable?
(a) He fired his first weapon.
(b) His father was shot.
(c) A teenage boy pulled a gun.
(d) His mother iwa mugged.

5. What realization did the author make about death in the sixth grade?
(a) Death chases after the living.
(b) Death does not wait.
(c) Death is inevitable.
(d) Death can occur without warning.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the memoir addressed?

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

3. What view does the author have of the afterlife?

4. How old was Tamir Rice when he was shot?

5. What sense does the author describe experiencing as he watched television as a child?

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