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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters is not a member of Malcolm's Boston gang?
(a) Rudy
(b) Shorty
(c) Sammy
(d) Sophia

2. Who visits Malcolm X's mother while she is pregnant with him?
(a) Mohammed
(b) Jesse Jackson
(c) The Ku Klux Klan
(d) Martin Luther King

3. Who comes to visit Malcolm in this chapter?
(a) The headmaster
(b) His mother
(c) His sister
(d) His brother

4. What does Malcolm see in his sister for the first time?
(a) Beauty
(b) Happiness
(c) A proud black woman
(d) A rich person

5. Who arranges for official custody of Malcolm at the end of this chapter?
(a) His sister
(b) His mother
(c) His grandparents
(d) The Swerlings

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Malcolm carry to protect himself?

2. Who is the only person in Harlem that Malcolm says he trusts?

3. Whose word does Malcolm's father spread?

4. What doe Malcolm see outside the Harvard University window?

5. What does Malcolm do with Laura when he meets Sophia?

(see the answer key)

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