Between the World and Me

Question 1

Which Howard student was shot by a PG County officer after the author's encounter with police?

Accepted Answer

Prince Jones

Question 2

How did the author's father discipline him?

Accepted Answer

With a belt

Question 3

Whom did the author shove when his son was pushed off the escalator?

Accepted Answer

A man who came to the woman's defense

Question 4

What did the author have to learn from his son's mother?

Accepted Answer

How to tell his son he loved him

Question 5

What did the author notice when he walked the streets of Paris for the first time?

Accepted Answer

He was not affraid

Question 6

What does the author remember about Manhattan?

Accepted Answer

That it once housed slave auctions.

Question 7

According to the author, what has his son never feared?

Accepted Answer

People

Question 8

According to the author, upon what has America's progress been built?

Accepted Answer

Violence

Question 9

What happened when the author was stopped by a PG County officer?

Accepted Answer

He was detained, then sent on his way without explanation

Question 10

What does the author describe as the "enemy of art, courageous thinking and honest writing"?

Accepted Answer

"The Dream"

Question 11

The author believes that when the body is shattered, what happens?

Accepted Answer

Everything is shattered

Question 12

What is PG County?

Accepted Answer

Prince George's County, MD

Question 13

What does the author recall always having, even when times were hard?

Accepted Answer

Family and Friends

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

In order to protect his family

Question 15

The author grew up in:

Accepted Answer

Baltimore

Question 16

What unique point does the author make about black Americans in France?

Accepted Answer

They were never slaves in France, but they were still black.

Question 17

What event did the author witness on September 11, 2001?

Accepted Answer

The attack on the Twin Towers

Question 18

Why does the author apologize to his son?

Accepted Answer

Being unable to save him from the reality of racism/violence

Question 19

From what does the author draw joy?

Accepted Answer

Study

Question 20

When the author sees a police officer, he automatically thinks:

Accepted Answer

Something is wrong

Question 21

What does the author see while researching the history of segregation in Chicago?

Accepted Answer

A Black Family Being Evicted From Their Home

Question 22

Who took care of the author's son while his mother was away?

Accepted Answer

The author

Question 23

Which name symbolically means "The Struggle"?

Accepted Answer

Samori

Question 24

To where did the mother of the author's son travel when she turned 30?

Accepted Answer

Paris

Question 25

Solzhenitsyn, "To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is _____

Accepted Answer

Good

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