2. What did the author find unique about Howard University?
(a) Everyone was treated as an equal, regardless of race.
(b) All the students were black, but distinctly unique in culture.
(c) The professors spent time outside with the students.
(d) All the students were wealthy, regardless of race.

3. According to the author, the purpose of the public school system is to:
(a) Create conformity.
(b) Inspire minds.
(c) Provide a safe haven.
(d) Point to the road of success.

4. Who were the first white people the author knew on a personal level?
(a) His editors.
(b) Religious zealots.
(c) Reporters.
(d) Hippies.

5. Who is the Tolstoy of the Zulus, according to Coats?
(a) Nzinga.
(b) Wiley.
(c) Medici.
(d) Tolstoy.

6. What important skills did the author's mother teach him?
(a) How to read and write.
(b) How to stretch a dollar.
(c) How to cook and clean his clothes.
(d) How to pray.

7. Where did the author meet the mother of his son?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) The Mecca.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) New York.

8. 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) Michael Jackson.
(d) The author's grandmother.

9. What did the author's parents teach him about religion?
(a) They rejected all religions.
(b) He should find his own spiritual path.
(c) They were devout Muslims.
(d) They were devout Baptists.

10. What surprised the author about the sixteenth and seventeenth century portraits of Africans?
(a) They were drawn in a ravenous, lustful, simian manner.
(b) Their facial features had be Anglicized.
(c) The looked ethnically different from African-Americans.
(d) The appeared regal and serene.

11. How are racism and race linked?
(a) People don't like what they don't understand.
(b) Categorizing people groups inevitably causes a power struggle.
(c) They are both unfair.
(d) They are not linked.

12. For whom was the author's son named?
(a) Robert Hayden.
(b) Samori Touré.
(c) Malcom X.
(d) Martin Luther King.

13. For how many years were black people enslaved in America?
(a) 250 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 150 years.
(d) 50 years.

14. What did the author learn from television as a young boy?
(a) There is hope for his escape.
(b) The world is a terrifying place.
(c) There are children in other neighborhoods who do not live in fear.
(d) All children live in fear.

15. How did the author's parent's respond to his questions about inequality in the world?
(a) They read passages from the bible.
(b) They referred him to books.
(c) They sent him out on the street.
(d) They told him stories of their youth.