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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is Malcolm given in Dakar?

2. As Malcolm holds Laura's hand, why does she shiver?

3. What does the white Welfare Worker want to do?

4. What does Malcolm admit to Laura that made him proud when he was a little boy?

5. Why do the gathered crowd and the firemen all stand looking at the house burn down?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Malcolm recall his father?

2. What stands in the way of Malcolm's marrying Laura?

3. Whose voice do the viewers hear saying, "Brothers, sisters, this is not our home! Our homeland is in Africa! In Africa!"

4. What dramatic technique does Baldwin use to set up the background of the movie?

5. What are the two religious books where Malcolm's name is written?

6. What are the three areas of Malcolm's life represented in the scenario?

7. What is Malcolm's ambition after he finishes high school?

8. What comes out to explain Louise's fair complexion?

9. When the radio announces that Malcolm X will speak at the Audubon Ballroom, what does the viewer learn?

10. Unable to pursue his dream, what happens to Malcolm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages No Honor Among Thieves. Use the association between Malcolm and West Indian Archie as an example of how criminals do not trust other criminals. Broaden the discussion into the problem of trusting other people when one is not trustworthy himself. Explain why a liar always thinks other people are lying, too.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on Prejudice. Using the Movement as an example and the early militancy of Malcolm, discuss how prejudice causes people to make wrong decisions, not to listen to opposing ideas, and generalizations that are transferred wrongly onto individuals.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on The Role of Religion in Race Relations. Contrast the racist Christian community with the backlash racism that came from the Black Muslim culture. Is there any difference? End your essay with comments on how religion should play a role in uniting people rather than creating a great divide.

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