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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the gathered crowd and the firemen all stand looking at the house burn down?
(a) there are explosions going on inside the house.
(b) the house is too far gone to save.
(c) the fire is too hot to get near.
(d) they are all white.

2. What do the Klansmen do to the Littles' house?
(a) burn a cross in the front yard.
(b) throw black and red paint on it.
(c) smash in all the windows.
(d) set the house on fire.

3. What do the Klan members accuse Earl of doing?
(a) forming a Black Liberation Army.
(b) trying to make a name for himself.
(c) stirring up the bad niggers in town.
(d) preaching insurrection against the president.

4. Malcolm says "That cat who says he's in utilities actually is in utilities ___________________________."
(a) when he runs an extension cord from his neighbor's house.
(b) when he reads the customers' meters
(c) when he goes in to pay his bill.
(d) when he ain't riding his bicycle for the gas company.

5. What prophetic dream does Malcolm tell Laura he used to have?
(a) flying in the sky like a bird.
(b) speaking in front of a large crowd of people.
(c) marrying a girl just like her.
(d) doing something to help his parents not work so hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name given to Malcolm during a fist fight in prison?

2. What is Louise's feeling about being light skinned?

3. How does Malcolm get away with entering a bar in the Negro Section of Lansing?

4. What name is Malcolm given in Dakar?

5. What does Malcolm say about Miss Stella who says she is with an old family?

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