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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 did the author's father react when the author threatened his 9th grade teacher?
(a) His father beat him.
(b) His father confronted the principal.
(c) His father called the police.
(d) His father confronted the teacher.

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

3. As a child, what baffled the author about the nonviolent protests of the civil rights moment?
(a) Kids should not see violent television.
(b) Violence is illegal.
(c) He felt the police should have helped more.
(d) He had been raised in a violent society.

4. 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 is living in "The Dream."
(c) He had to learn to fight and survive in a more violent environment.
(d) His son's friends are much wilder than his were.

5. What bothers the author about artists like Michael Jackson?
(a) He used cosmetic surgery to appeal to a white fanbase.
(b) He did not finish what he started.
(c) His lyrics are without meaning.
(d) He represents the nonviolent black man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author's mother urge him to do when he was in trouble at school?

2. According to the author, what is the purpose of defining races of people?

3. Coats quotes that sixty percent of all young black men who drop out of high school will:

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

5. What is "The Dream" that Coats refers to?

(see the answer key)

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