Notes of a Native Son

How many times does the phrase "we don't serve Negroes here" appear?

• Once

• Twice

• Three times

• Four times

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Baldwin compares the effects of racism to...

• an explosion.

• a match in a gas tank.

• a disease which wears the person down physically and mentally.

• a mental illness.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Finish this quote, “He had claimed to be proud of his blackness but...

• he never showed this."

• it had also caused him shame."

• he had learnt to not show this."

• it had also been the cause of much humiliation.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Finish this quote: “Hatred, which could destroy so much...

• never failed to destroy the man who hated.”

• never made a difference."

• always destroyed the man."

• was exhausting."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When does Baldwin come to the realisation that, "None of this was doing anybody any good.”

• After his father's funeral.

• After seeing the mess the riots in Harlem had caused.

• After the death of his father.

• After the incident at the 'American Diner'.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Finish this quote: “Once hate is gone, that they will be forced to...

• deal with what is left."

• deal with the shame."

• face their pain."

• deal with pain.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When does Baldwin say, “I was frightened.”

• When he talking about how he felt about his father as a child.

• When he was in the restaurant.

• After he reflects on his actions at the diner.

• During the riots.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Finish this quote, "“I had discovered...

• the weight of white people in the world.”

• who my father truly was."

• who I truly was."

• racism and hatred."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Baldwin talking about when he says, “I was certain, in my innocence, that I never would"?

• He believes he will never experience the racism and discrimination his father has.

• He believes he will never understand his father.

• He believes he will never have a family of his own.

• He believes he will never treat his children the way his father treated him.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Baldwin says, “I knew about jim crow but I had never experienced it.” What is he referring to?

• Jim Crow laws which segregated African Americans and white Americans.

• Jim Crow is a term for racism.

• Jim Crow was a man who was known for his racist views.

• Jim Crow laws were laws that stopped segregation.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3