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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Cleaver liken being associated to Watts?
(a) Being in a bad marriage
(b) Hell
(c) Falling in love
(d) A country bumpkin

2. What did the blacks loyal to Elijah Muhammed think they could reunite after Malcolm's death?
(a) The Muslim community
(b) The world
(c) The whole of America
(d) The black community

3. What does Cleaver say is the first step in white rebellion?
(a) Rejection of conformity
(b) An active search for their own role
(c) Education
(d) Falling in love

4. What does Cleaver say Elijah preached?
(a) Racism
(b) The devil's teachings
(c) Peace
(d) Hate

5. Where was the woman sitting in the Eyes story?
(a) In a restaurant
(b) In a department store
(c) On a shoeshine stand
(d) Next to a fountain

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Cleaver's block?

2. Who does Cleaver say had a leer and a hint of a smile after Malcolm X's death?

3. What does Cleaver say he washed his hands in?

4. What does Cleaver say the whites used to think of themselves as?

5. What does Cleaver say he has stopped referring to the white man as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cleaver think Malcolm was such a magnetic personality?

2. Describe Cleaver's morning routine while in prison.

3. Summarize the first vignette in this chapter.

4. Why did Cleaver lose respect for James Baldwin?

5. Describe Cleaver's afternoon routine.

6. Describe Cleaver's encounter with a woman on Main Street.

7. What problem does the Muslim have with Cleaver's eyes in Chapter 3?

8. What is Cleaver's opinion of women while he is in prison?

9. What are the prisoners' views on lawyers?

10. Why does Cleaver think the whites favored Floyd Patterson over Mohammed Ali?

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