Multiple Choice

1. C (Chapter 1)

2. B (Chapter 1)

3. A (Chapter 2)

4. D (Chapter 6)

5. A (Chapter 9)

6. B (Chapter 10)

7. D (Chapters 8-12)

8. B (Chapters 14-16)

9. D (Chapter 15)

10. C (Chapter 13)

11. C (Chapters 17-21)

12. A (Chapters 17, 25)

13. D (Chapters 13-25)

14. A (Chapters 21-23)

15. B (Epilogue)

Long Answer

1. Students can explain how Clifton’s death not only demonstrates the violence enacted upon Black men by law enforcement officers but also it shows how the Brotherhood is unwilling to take real action on behalf of African Americans. (Chapters 20-Epilogue)

2. In the beginning of the novel, the protagonist believes that Black people can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and that they can work equitably with white people; however, he later learns that he needs to focus in on himself and listen to his own authority rather than the authority of others.