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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Laura's parting words to Malcolm?
(a) you're fooling yourself, you know.
(b) you're still the dreamer.
(c) you're still the nicest boy I ever met.
(d) you're still as stupid as you always were.

2. 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 he is only nice to people who are nice to him.
(d) that she may not agree when she knows him better.

3. What do the Klan members accuse Earl of doing?
(a) stirring up the bad niggers in town.
(b) forming a Black Liberation Army.
(c) trying to make a name for himself.
(d) preaching insurrection against the president.

4. 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.

5. Who are Malcolm and the others looking for at the police station?
(a) Sidney who was taken into custody.
(b) Minister Hinton who was beaten by the police.
(c) the two black men who were fighting on the street.
(d) a black friend who was only an innocent bystander.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first terrifying image from Malcolm's childhood?

2. What does Malcolm say the Leader's letters did for him in prison?

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

4. Why is Malcolm led away by the prison guards?

5. Who wants to meet Malcolm now that he is out of prison?

(see the answer key)

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