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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuse did the man on page 112 give for shooting the boy in the car?
(a) He said he was angry.
(b) He claimed to have seen a shotgun in the car.
(c) He claimed the gun went off by accident.
(d) He claimed the boy was trying to run him over with the car.

2. What does the author mean when he says black children are told to be "twice as good"?
(a) It is a subtle threat for a beating.
(b) It is a code for watching out for police officers.
(c) They are being warned to be streetwise and tough.
(d) They are expected to behave better than white children when in public.

3. Why did the author want to return to Paris with his son?
(a) He wanted his son to experience life without fear.
(b) He wanted his son to learn French.
(c) He wanted to become a French citizen.
(d) He wanted to send his son to a French school.

4. What happened when the author was stopped by a PG County officer?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was taken to jail.
(c) He was beaten and handcuffed.
(d) He was detained, then sent on his way without explanation.

5. What question does the author pose about assaulting an officer of the law?
(a) When violence begets violence, when does the circle end?
(b) Should assaulting an officer be a capital offense?
(c) Should offenders of assault be punished or rehabilitated?
(d) Should assault be grounds for a broken body?

6. How did the author react to his son being pushed off the escalator?
(a) He picked up his son and left silently.
(b) He hit the woman who pushed his son.
(c) He spoke sharply to the woman who pushed his son.
(d) He shoved the woman who pushed his son.

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

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

9. How does the author describe the love of white families for their children?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Cold.
(c) Obsessive.
(d) Dark.

10. The dead boy's mother channeled her anger into _____.
(a) Fury.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Activism.
(d) Numbness.

11. According to the author, what part of his body has suffered the most?
(a) His head.
(b) His feet.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His heart.

12. What threats were made against the author when his son was pushed off the escalator?
(a) He was threatened with a beating.
(b) None.
(c) He was threatened with a gun.
(d) He was threatened with arrest.

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

14. Which Howard University student was shot by a PG County officer shortly after the author's encounter with the police?
(a) The girl with the long dreadlocks.
(b) The author's wife.
(c) Prince Jones.
(d) Trayvon Martin.

15. What did the dead boy's mother decide to do after the trial in the chapter "The Dream"?
(a) Shoot the man who murdered her son.
(b) Attack the judge in court.
(c) Plead her son's case before the journalists and writers.
(d) Leave the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author apologize to his son?

2. What regret does the author have about the incident with his son and the escalator?

3. What event did the author witness on September 11, 2001?

4. The author believes that when the body is shattered, what happens?

5. Whose last worlds were "This stops today!"

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