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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What regret does the author have about the incident with his son and the escalator?
(a) That the woman was not punished for shoving a child.
(b) That a pleasant evening was ruined.
(c) That his son might have seen him arrested.
(d) That his son learned about violence.

3. What did the author notice about white children in Manhattan?
(a) They were hungry.
(b) They clung to their parents.
(c) They were fearless.
(d) There were very few of them.

4. 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) One is a villain and the others heroes.
(c) He cannot judge them as police, but as men.
(d) They are all the same in his eyes.

5. What regret does the author have about the friend he made in France?
(a) He didn't remember to write down his friend's phone number.
(b) They haven't kept in touch since he has returned to America.
(c) He was so blinded by past fears he couldn't enjoy the mutual friendship.
(d) He doesn't remember his friend's name.

6. How did the author feel when he strolled his young son through a traditionally white neighborhood?
(a) Safe.
(b) Proud.
(c) Angry.
(d) Uncomfortable.

7. When the author sees a police officer, he automatically thinks:
(a) Nothing.
(b) Someone is trying to protect him.
(c) He is not at fault.
(d) Something is wrong.

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

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

10. What does the author wish he had done differently with the woman who pushed his son?
(a) Invited her for coffee and talked to her as a person.
(b) Made her realize her actions were inherently racist.
(c) Stopped and picked up his son first.
(d) Stopped and called the police.

11. Which protest sign did the author see while in France that reminded him of his blackness?
(a) Prince Jones.
(b) Trayvon Martin.
(c) Jordan Davis.
(d) Abner Louima.

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

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

14. What does the author remember about Manhattan?
(a) It is where his son was born.
(b) That is is a beautiful city.
(c) That it once housed slave auctions.
(d) It was where he learned to believe in humanity again.

15. According to the author, what has his son never feared?
(a) Safety.
(b) Health.
(c) His body.
(d) People.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, this son has been cast into "a race in which the wind is always at your face and _____" what?

2. Why does the author believe Prince Jones was willing to die?

3. What does the author witness while researching a story on the history of segregation in Chicago?

4. According to the author, how is racism experienced through real estate?

5. According to the author, some black people justify the destruction of black bodies for the sake of:

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