Between the World and Me

What year was the book written?

• 2000

• 2015

• 1990

• 2010

Where did Coates grow up?

• New York

• Detroit

• Baltimore

• Los Angeles

The book is in the form of a ___?

• poem

• letter

• dialogue

• play

The book opens with Coates ___?

• at Howard's Homecoming

• at a Civil War battlefield

• meeting Obama

• giving an interview

Coates says Americans worship ___?

• money

• race

• democracy

• fame

"Racism is a ___ experience."

• false

• visceral

• fading

• traumatic

According to Coates, what does white America brutalize?

• The black body

• The poor body

• The white body

• The woman's body

What religion does Coates believe in?

• Buddhism

• Islam

• None; He is an Atheist

• Christianity

What did Coates say his father did often?

• Beat him

• Yell at him

• Embarrass him

• Insult him

What was the point of the writing exercises Coates's grandmother made him do?

• To learn how to write better

• To learn how to think

• To stay off the streets

• To be punished