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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Malcolm after his mother is taken away?
(a) he goes into foster care.
(b) he goes to the reformatory.
(c) he runs away.
(d) he goes to live with his grandmother.

2. Why does Malcolm say he does not write to his mother in the asylum?
(a) he is trying to make her forget him.
(b) he doesn't know what to say to her.
(c) he doesn't think they let her have mail.
(d) he thinks his letters will only cause trouble.

3. Why is Malcolm not at the Lancing High School dance?
(a) because he has no money.
(b) because he has no good clothes.
(c) because he can't dance.
(d) because he is black.

4. What is the evidence that Earl did not commit suicide?
(a) his knees were shattered.
(b) a hammer blow to the back of his head.
(c) his hands were tied behind him.
(d) a stab wound in his back.

5. What job does Shorty teach Malcolm how to perform?
(a) becoming a pimp.
(b) men's room attendant at the Roseland Ballroom.
(c) selling daily newspapers.
(d) as a porter at the train station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the insurance company not pay up on Earl's life insurance?

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

3. What city had Laura never heard of?

4. What does Malcolm accuse Paul of wanting when he tries to fix him up with a girl?

5. What is the news Judge Merritt brings to Malcolm at the Swerlin house?

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