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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Earl Little?
(a) he is drowned in the ocean.
(b) he has a massive heart attack.
(c) he is hanged by the Klan.
(d) he is run over by a trolley.

2. What city had Laura never heard of?
(a) Lansing, Michigan.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) Hoboken, NJ.
(d) Marietta, Georgia.

3. What discouraging thing does Mr. Ostrovski do to Malcolm?
(a) he tells him he cannot become a lawyer.
(b) he tells him he cannot be Class President.
(c) he reminds Malcolm that he is a black boy.
(d) he reports everything to the police.

4. What does Malcolm say about Miss Stella who says she is with an old family?
(a) she babysits their small children.
(b) she cleans their toilets and cooks their food.
(c) she washes their windows every Saturday.
(d) she walks their dogs.

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

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

7. As the screenplay opens, where is Malcolm scheduled to speak that evening?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Yankee Stadium.
(c) the Audubon Ballroom.
(d) Madison Square Garden.

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

9. Where is Louise seen telling someone not to feed that boy no pig?
(a) in an asylum.
(b) in a breadline.
(c) in a cafeteria.
(d) in a mosque.

10. In a flashback, what does Louise say to Earl about a rabbit?
(a) we are all tired of eating rabbit.
(b) nobody eats rabbits anymore.
(c) I don't know how to cook a rabbit.
(d) we only raised rabbits to sell to white folks.

11. Where is Malcolm walking with two pairs of shoes tied and thrown over his shoulder?
(a) on the railroad tracks.
(b) on a basketball court.
(c) on the way to school.
(d) on the beach with Laura.

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

13. Malcolm says "That cat who says he's in utilities actually is in utilities ___________________________."
(a) when he reads the customers' meters
(b) when he goes in to pay his bill.
(c) when he runs an extension cord from his neighbor's house.
(d) when he ain't riding his bicycle for the gas company.

14. What is Louise's feeling about being light skinned?
(a) she wishes she were blacker than Earl.
(b) she feels superior to Earl.
(c) she feels superior to other blacks.
(d) she wishes she had married a white man.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Archie outfit Malcolm with new clothes?

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

4. What does the teenage Malcolm excel in that wins him admiration?

5. What happens at night when the Little family has gone to bed?

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