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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the white Welfare Worker want to do?
(a) deny Louise any assistance.
(b) remove Louise's children.
(c) talk Louise into leaving the city.
(d) make Louise find a full time job.

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

3. 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.

4. What course is Miss Betty teaching when Luther, Malcolm, and Sidney eavesdrop?
(a) the Failure of Black Men to Make Good Husbands
(b) the Way to Find a Good Husband.
(c) the Meaning of Marriage.
(d) the Care of the Elderly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What rule does Mrs. Swerlin say she got from her father and that she lives by?

2. What discouraging thing does Mr. Ostrovski do to Malcolm?

3. How does Malcolm introduce himself at the police station?

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

5. What does Shorty think Malcolm is doing with his religious talk?

(see the answer key)

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