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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, how is racism experienced through real estate?
(a) Neighborhood covenants prohibit black families from buying in certain areas.
(b) Certain realtors refuse to work with black families.
(c) Property values are intentionally spiked in traditionally white neighborhoods.
(d) Buyers are purposefully steered towards certain neighborhoods.

2. From what does the author draw joy?
(a) Family.
(b) Study.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Hope for the future.

3. Why does the author apologize to his son?
(a) For speaking so negatively about the world.
(b) For rambling on about the past.
(c) For not providing him with a better education.
(d) For being unable to save him from the reality of racism and violence in the world.

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

5. What emotion did the author experience when sitting in the public garden in Paris?
(a) Fear.
(b) Joy.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Loneliness.

6. What was the outcome of the trial on page 112?
(a) The man was convicted of manslaughter.
(b) The man was acquitted of all charges.
(c) The man was convicted of firing a gun into the car, but not of murder.
(d) The man was convicted of murder.

7. What Civil War battlefield did the author visit with his son and nephew?
(a) Pea Ridge.
(b) Prairie Grove.
(c) Petersburg Battlefield.
(d) Elkin's Ferry.

8. Why does the author believe Prince Jones was willing to die?
(a) For the cause of black power.
(b) For the greater good of man.
(c) Because he believed in God.
(d) In order to protect his family.

9. Whom does the author blame for the death of Prince Jones?
(a) America and its fears.
(b) The educational system.
(c) God.
(d) A police officer.

10. Whose last worlds were "This stops today!"
(a) Prince Jones.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Trayvon Martin.
(d) Eric Garner.

11. 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.

12. What photographs did the mother of the author's son take while she was away?
(a) Famous statues.
(b) Pottery.
(c) Doors.
(d) Street sleepers.

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

14. What hope does the author have for his son?
(a) That he "learn to live in peace with others."
(b) That he learns to be "thrice as good."
(c) That he become a conscious citizen of this "terrible and beautiful world."
(d) That he "descend into his own Dream."

15. Where was the memorial service for Prince Jones held?
(a) Arlington Cemetery.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Howard University.
(d) The White House.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the author pose about assaulting an officer of the law?

2. How did the death of Prince Jones affect the author emotionally?

3. When the author sees a police officer, he automatically thinks:

4. What did the author notice as he walked the streets of Paris for the first time?

5. What did the author notice about white children in Manhattan?

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