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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name given to Malcolm during a fist fight in prison?
(a) Loser.
(b) Satan.
(c) Champ.
(d) Slugger.

2. Who is Sidney?
(a) Luther's son.
(b) Laura's boyfriend.
(c) Malcolm's brother.
(d) Louise's husband.

3. What rule does Mrs. Swerlin say she got from her father and that she lives by?
(a) not to listen to what people say about your friend.
(b) not to make friends with people others do not like.
(c) not to make friends with bad people.
(d) not to expect too much from your friends.

4. What does the teenage Malcolm excel in that wins him admiration?
(a) writing essays.
(b) playing soccer.
(c) making speeches.
(d) playing basketball.

5. What does Luther have to say about what Malcolm does to his hair?
(a) that he won't have money to do it in prison.
(b) that he's fooling himself.
(c) that he is ashamed of who he is.
(d) that he looks really nice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Louise tell little Malcolm he was born?

2. What does Malcolm say about Miss Stella who says she is with an old family?

3. Why is Malcolm not at the Lancing High School dance?

4. What is the metaphor of the wolves, rats, and swine in Luther's recounting of his brother's murder?

5. What is disturbing to the policemen at the station the night Hinton was beaten?

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