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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Malcolm tell Sidney to call when he reports the mob on the street?
(a) all the gang members he can find.
(b) all the black colleges.
(c) all the ministers he can find.
(d) all the newspapers he can think of.

2. What does Archie say about writing down numbers?
(a) he always forgets numbers in his head.
(b) he never wrote down a number in his life.
(c) he writes numbers backwards.
(d) he writes down everything.

3. Who does Louise face one night at suppertime?
(a) the Welfare Society.
(b) the Ku Klux Klan.
(c) the Sheriff.
(d) her white neighbors.

4. What is the news Judge Merritt brings to Malcolm at the Swerlin house?
(a) that he will not have to go to the reform school.
(b) that he will have two more years of probation.
(c) that he will still have to serve out his sentence.
(d) that his mother attempted suicide.

5. What does Luther say black Christians pray for?
(a) that their skin may bleach white.
(b) the time when they can ride at the front of a bus.
(c) that they will be good slaves to the white man.
(d) the things in heaven that white people have on Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sidney?

2. As Malcolm holds Laura's hand, why does she shiver?

3. Who does Laura say wears the sky like an overcoat?

4. What is the importance of meeting the Leader?

5. Why does Malcolm say he does not write to his mother in the asylum?

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