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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hooks say would be the experience for American blacks?
(a) How it feels when you transform from a minority to the majority race.
(b) How it feels to not be considered a minority or majority race.
(c) How it feels when your minority is not the main one.
(d) How it feels when your minority is the main one.

2. Who was the main target audience of this book?
(a) White women.
(b) Black men.
(c) White men.
(d) Black women.

3. What did Hooks believe blacks had to do in order to attend traditionally white schools?
(a) Get up early in the morning so they could be bussed to the traditionally white schools.
(b) Break into the school.
(c) Make straight A's.
(d) Participate in protests and/or riots.

4. At the end of Chapter 3, what school did Hooks mention?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) University of Massachusetts.
(c) Northwestern University.
(d) Oberlin College.

5. In Chapter 5, Hooks brought up the idea of race in what type of atmosphere?
(a) Poor.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Academic.
(d) Social.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the theorist mentioned in Chapter 7 say about himself?

2. What type of person did Hooks say would most likely recognize how significant her work is?

3. What did Hooks say about her interaction with white peers?

4. Hooks said what of each region of the United States?

5. In Chapter 9, what group did Hooks say is the dominant minority group in some parts of the United States?

(see the answer key)

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