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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shorty say the Harvard Law School is for?
(a) turning out lawyers to become judges.
(b) turning out lawyers to keep black people in jail.
(c) turning out lawyers to defend black people.
(d) turning out lawyers to defend the Constitution.

2. What is Laura's comment after Malcolm says that black people don't have to suffer like they do?
(a) that he sounds like her grandmother.
(b) that he comes from Mars.
(c) that he is buying a lie.
(d) that he is crazy as a loon.

3. Why does Malcolm put a gun to his head and pull the trigger?
(a) to put on a show for his friends.
(b) to attempt suicide.
(c) to scare people into doing his will.
(d) to show he is not afraid to die.

4. Who are Malcolm and the others looking for at the police station?
(a) Sidney who was taken into custody.
(b) the two black men who were fighting on the street.
(c) Minister Hinton who was beaten by the police.
(d) a black friend who was only an innocent bystander.

5. What is the setting for the beginning of Part 2 of the scenario?
(a) the courthouse in Boston.
(b) the back room at Shorty's.
(c) the prison license plate shop.
(d) the parole office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Malcolm tell Sidney to call when he reports the mob on the street?

2. What does Luther tell Malcolm about Allah?

3. Who is the fair, young mulatto woman hanging out clothes?

4. What does Laura want instead of coffee?

5. What happens to Malcolm after his mother is taken away?

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