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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What thoughtless remark does Judge Merritt make about black people?
(a) that they only know how to have babies.
(b) that they live in shacks and drive clunker cars.
(c) that they are mostly criminals.
(d) that he wonders if they are people.

3. Why does Malcolm make fun of the deacon?
(a) he says he is in banking because he mops the floors.
(b) he says he is in banking because he shines shoes there.
(c) he says he is in banking because he has a bank account.
(d) he says he's in banking because he opens doors for customers.

4. What rule does Mrs. Swerlin say she got from her father and that she lives by?
(a) not to make friends with bad people.
(b) not to listen to what people say about your friend.
(c) not to make friends with people others do not like.
(d) not to expect too much from your friends.

5. What does Sidney witness on the streets as he delivers his papers?
(a) a fist fight between two black men.
(b) a Muslim minister preaching on the corner.
(c) a fist fight between a white man and a black man.
(d) a gunfight between two blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Malcolm say when the policeman says bloodshed never solved anything?

2. How does Laura say Malcolm could have saved her once?

3. Who does Malcolm come across in Small's Paradise Bar?

4. What does Laura find out about Malcolm as they visit?

5. What does Malcolm think about Luther's hype?

(see the answer key)

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