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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Malcolm come across in Small's Paradise Bar?
(a) Cadillac.
(b) West Indies Archie.
(c) Ada.
(d) Sophia.

3. Why does the insurance company not pay up on Earl's life insurance?
(a) they say his policy was lost.
(b) they say he committed suicide
(c) they say his policy excludes accidents.
(d) they say he missed the last payment.

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

5. What does Malcolm say when Laura says he is nice?
(a) that he is not nice and Laura's grandmother is right about him.
(b) that he was raised by his mother to be a nice boy.
(c) that she may not agree when she knows him better.
(d) that he is only nice to people who are nice to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it West Indian Archie cannot remember when Malcolm goes for a visit?

2. What is the symbolism of the new glasses and a pawnshop watch lying on a towel?

3. What does Malcolm say he feels like when he walks the streets of Harlem?

4. What do the Klansmen do to the Littles' house?

5. What method does Baldwin use to show flashbacks to Malcolm's early life?

(see the answer key)

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