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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. Whom does the author describe as "the God I never had"?
(a) His mother.
(b) His son.
(c) His soul.
(d) His wife.

2. Whom does the author describe as his "wedding ring"?
(a) God.
(b) His son.
(c) His soul.
(d) His wife.

3. Who was Abraham Brian?
(a) A black soldier for the Confederacy.
(b) A white congressman who lobbied for the rights of free black men.
(c) A slave who led the underground railroad.
(d) A free black man who left his home to escape the threat of slavery.

4. What poet inspired the author while at Howard University?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) Robert Hayden.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Robert Frost.

5. According to senator John C. Calhoun, "The two great divisions of society are not the rich and the poor, but _____" what?
(a) Educated and uneducated.
(b) White and black.
(c) Wise and foolish.
(d) Male and female.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is the author's son at the time the memoir is written?

3. For how many years were black people enslaved in America?

4. What does the author mean when he says black children are told to be "twice as good"?

5. The author admires Malcolm X because he never:

(see the answer key)

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