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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Louise lose her job cooking for a white family?
(a) they have been threatened by the Klan.
(b) they will not allow Louise to bring her children to work.
(c) they discover that she is Earl's widow.
(d) they disapprove of Louise saying Earl was murdered.

2. Why do the men in the license plate shop cheer Luther?
(a) he is leaving.
(b) he makes the millionth license plate.
(c) he dances on a table.
(d) he knocks down a guard.

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

4. What does Malcolm say he feels like when he walks the streets of Harlem?
(a) like someone raised from the dead.
(b) like an animal being hunted down.
(c) like he lived there in another lifetime.
(d) like a stranger in a strange land.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the importance of meeting the Leader?

3. What does Luther accuse Malcolm of spending his life doing?

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

5. What is the paper Luther talks about with Malcolm and Sydney?

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