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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Self-Awareness (pages 88-108).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author and his friends illegally obtain alcohol when they were underage?
(a) There were men of legal drinking age who would purchase it for them for a fee.
(b) They would make corn liquor at home in the bathtub.
(c) They would steal it from their parents.
(d) They would steal it from the liquor store.

2. What advantages has the author's son had growing up?
(a) Wealth and private schools.
(b) Less racism, the Internet and a world culture.
(c) A safer neighborhood, better schools and more freedom.
(d) A black president, social networks, omnipresent media and black culture.

3. What concern does the author have about the lessons he is trying to teach his son?
(a) That his son will grow bitter and cynical.
(b) That others will make fun of his son.
(c) That others will tell his son it is an unnecessary part of the past.
(d) That his son will be embarrassed by him.

4. How old was the author when his son was born?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 24.
(d) 30.

5. What comparison does the author make between the police officer who shot Prince Jones and the ones who died on September 11?
(a) He cannot judge them as police, but as men.
(b) One is a villain and the others heroes.
(c) They are all the same in his eyes.
(d) They wear the same cloth.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the author describe Prince Jones?

4. According to the author, upon what has America's progress been built?

5. How did the author's parent's respond to his questions about inequality in the world?

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