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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe Malcolm X?
(a) Controlled, intelligent, and beyond fear.
(b) Fierce, violent, and wild.
(c) Rebellious, irrational, and impulsive.
(d) Strong, ethical, and powerful.

2. Where is Howard University located?
(a) Hampton, VA.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Baltimore, MD.
(d) Atlanta, GA.

3. According to the author, navigating the streets of Baltimore is like a:
(a) Warzone.
(b) Battlefield.
(c) Playground.
(d) Series of trick questions.

4. How old is the author's son at the time the memoir is written?
(a) 15.
(b) 21.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

5. What view does the author have of the afterlife?
(a) It is an unknown.
(b) It is his only comfort.
(c) It does not exist.
(d) It is a vital part of the fabric of the human psyche.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author find unique about Howard University?

2. According to the author, what do many of his black contemporaries have in common?

3. According to the author, how does racism affect the body?

4. Why does the author feel the interview at the beginning of his memoir was a failure?

5. What did the author learn from television as a young boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reasons did the author's father punish him and why?

2. How important were books to the author as he was growing up?

3. How does research and study affect the author as a young man?

4. What role did violence play in the author's childhood?

5. According to the author, why is America blind to it's racially defined shortcomings?

6. What assumptions does the author make about PG County (Prince George's County) police officers and why?

7. Why didn't the author console his son when Samori grieved over the release of Michael Brown's killer?

8. According to the author, how have American police departments been given the right to destroy black bodies without the fear of recrimination?

9. What is the symbolism behind the author's son's name?

10. According to the author, what is the purpose of the public school system?

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