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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Luther say about white men being devils?
(a) some of them are.
(b) all are without exception.
(c) none of them are.
(d) most of them are.

2. What does Luther say black Christians pray for?
(a) the things in heaven that white people have on Earth.
(b) that their skin may bleach white.
(c) that they will be good slaves to the white man.
(d) the time when they can ride at the front of a bus.

3. What does Laura say she did for Daniel?
(a) cooked his meals.
(b) bought drugs for him.
(c) turned tricks.
(d) nursed him through sickness.

4. What does Laura say she needs from Malcolm?
(a) a recommendation.
(b) protection.
(c) a place to stay.
(d) subway fare.

5. Who is Laura's old man?
(a) an escaped convict.
(b) her second husband.
(c) a lesbian lover.
(d) a pimp.

6. When does Lorraine say she became a member of the Movement?
(a) right after Luther came home.
(b) when she was sixteen-years-old.
(c) soon after sydney was born.
(d) when Luther went to prison.

7. 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 looks really nice.
(c) that he's fooling himself.
(d) that he is ashamed of who he is.

8. What does Laura say ministers always are when they hear about real life?
(a) shocked.
(b) optimistic.
(c) unbelieving.
(d) fatalistic.

9. What does Malcolm tell Luther was the only time he ever went down on his knees?
(a) to pray.
(b) to look for a lost coin.
(c) to ask Laura to marry him.
(d) to pick a lock.

10. What does Luther accuse Malcolm of spending his life doing?
(a) looking like the man who raped his mother.
(b) looking like a pimp.
(c) trying to look like a movie star.
(d) looking out for everyone but himself.

11. What is Laura's comment after Malcolm says that black people don't have to suffer like they do?
(a) that he is crazy as a loon.
(b) that he sounds like her grandmother.
(c) that he comes from Mars.
(d) that he is buying a lie.

12. What is disturbing to the policemen at the station the night Hinton was beaten?
(a) the noise coming from outside.
(b) the large, silent crowd outside the station.
(c) the newspaper reporters gathered there.
(d) the fire in Malcolm's eyes.

13. What is the setting for the beginning of Part 2 of the scenario?
(a) the parole office.
(b) the courthouse in Boston.
(c) the back room at Shorty's.
(d) the prison license plate shop.

14. What is the paper Luther talks about with Malcolm and Sydney?
(a) a declaration of independence.
(b) a court order against mass demonstrations.
(c) a manifesto of Muslim religion.
(d) a community newspaper for black people.

15. Who lights Malcolm's cigarette when his hand is bandaged?
(a) Luther.
(b) Frank.
(c) Daniel.
(d) a prison guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luther tell Malcolm before he leaves the prison?

2. What does Malcolm say Luther is the first to do in the prison?

3. How does Laura say Malcolm could have saved her once?

4. What are Laura's parting words to Malcolm?

5. Why does Laura sound grateful for the subway money?

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