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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Malcolm X changed when he returns from Mecca?
(a) he believes he is the Prophet.
(b) he stops preaching and starts writing.
(c) he now teaches brotherhood for all races.
(d) he returns to Luther and the Honorable Messenger.

2. Who is Shorty referring to when he speaks about ofays?
(a) office workers.
(b) uppity black people.
(c) white people.
(d) old folks.

3. Which character in the screenplay begins to be concerned about Malcolm X?
(a) Luther.
(b) Sidney.
(c) Betty.
(d) the Honorable Messenger of Allah.

4. What is the news Judge Merritt brings to Malcolm at the Swerlin house?
(a) that he will still have to serve out his sentence.
(b) that he will not have to go to the reform school.
(c) that his mother attempted suicide.
(d) that he will have two more years of probation.

5. What is Luther's complaint about the white press?
(a) they don't print anything at all about the black community.
(b) they don't print news of whtie atrocities.
(c) they don't print anything to give blacks pride in themselves.
(d) they don't print in words blacks can understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luther tell Malcolm all black people are?

2. What does Betty notice is missing from the latest edition of the black newspaper?

3. Who does Malcolm meet at the subway?

4. What is the symbolism of the new glasses and a pawnshop watch lying on a towel?

5. Malcolm says "That cat who says he's in utilities actually is in utilities ___________________________."

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