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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Rose By Any Other Name (pages 47-71).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author admires Malcolm X because he never:
(a) Hesitated.
(b) Lied.
(c) Ran.
(d) Gave up.

2. How old is the author's son at the time the memoir is written?
(a) 21.
(b) Two.
(c) 15.
(d) Six.

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

4. According to the author, there is no difference between his son and which murdered 17-year-old?
(a) Jordan Davis.
(b) Prince Jones.
(c) Trayvon Martin.
(d) Malcom X.

5. What did the author's father collect?
(a) Cigars.
(b) Books.
(c) Art.
(d) Guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author tell his son about promises?

2. What advantages has the author's son had growing up?

3. What surprised the author about the sixteenth and seventeenth century portraits of Africans?

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

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

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