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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other black writer does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?
(a) Bessie Smith
(b) David Barnes
(c) Richard Wright
(d) Richard Pryor

2. What does Cleaver say he has stopped referring to the white man as?
(a) The oppressor
(b) The beast
(c) The devil
(d) Jesus' sin

3. Who does Cleaver say he has renounced?
(a) Elijah Muhammed
(b) Malcom X
(c) Uncle Tom
(d) James Baldwin

4. What does Cleaver admit he was in love with in this opening chapter?
(a) Women
(b) Crime
(c) Violence
(d) The weed

5. Which of the following is an example of soul food?
(a) Steak and fries
(b) Gulas
(c) Baked duck
(d) Chitterlings

6. What does Cleaver say he has access to on the honor block?
(a) The radio
(b) Books
(c) Women
(d) Television

7. What does Cleaver say is the second step in white rebellion?
(a) A search for their own role
(b) A lack of fear for their elders
(c) Listening to music
(d) Demonstrating

8. What is the name of Cleaver's lawyer?
(a) Beverly Axelrod
(b) Denise Battleaxe
(c) Lauren Aluminion
(d) Bessie Ramrod

9. In which of the following areas does Cleaver say black men are accepted?
(a) Sports
(b) High society
(c) Academia
(d) Prison

10. Which of the following does Cleaver not say black leaders are faced with?
(a) Assassination
(b) Blood lust
(c) Exile
(d) Negative publicity

11. What did a man in San Quentin say Cleaver had in his eyes?
(a) The white devil
(b) The mark of a beast
(c) Deepness
(d) Stars

12. How did the blacks loyal to Elijah Muhammed see Malcolm's death?
(a) Karma
(b) Revenge
(c) The will of Allah
(d) Funny

13. Why did the guard rip down Cleaver's poster?
(a) The girl was naked
(b) It was a white women
(c) It was anti-religous
(d) It scared the other prisoners

14. What was Cleaver overriding desire when he heard about Malcolm X's death?
(a) Suicide
(b) Revenge
(c) Peace
(d) Sex

15. What do punk hunters search for?
(a) Children
(b) Women
(c) Homosexuals
(d) Fights

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Cleaver's block?

2. What was Cleaver doing when Malcolm X was killed?

3. What Biblical figure does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?

4. What does Cleaver say people expect him to be because of his crime?

5. What does Cleaver say spectator sports have become?

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