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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Malcolm admit to Laura that made him proud when he was a little boy?
(a) carrying heavy things for his mother.
(b) growing peas in his own garden.
(c) having his mother teach him how to read.
(d) taking care of his baby brother.

2. What is the first terrifying image from Malcolm's childhood?
(a) images of a great fire in his neighborhood.
(b) his father being whipped by the Klan.
(c) the burning down of his father's church.
(d) Ku Klux Klan members threatening his mother.

3. Who is Sophia?
(a) Malcolm's white lover.
(b) Malcolm's sister.
(c) Malcolm's fantasy girlfriend.
(d) Malcolm's grandmother.

4. In a flashback, what does Louise say to Earl about a rabbit?
(a) I don't know how to cook a rabbit.
(b) we only raised rabbits to sell to white folks.
(c) nobody eats rabbits anymore.
(d) we are all tired of eating rabbit.

5. Who does Louise face one night at suppertime?
(a) her white neighbors.
(b) the Sheriff.
(c) the Ku Klux Klan.
(d) the Welfare Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a youth, what are Malcolm and Laura doing that gets the crowd roaring?

2. Why does Louise lose her job cooking for a white family?

3. What happens at night when the Little family has gone to bed?

4. What does Earl say will be the outcome of their moving out of town?

5. What prophetic dream does Malcolm tell Laura he used to have?

(see the answer key)

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