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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the gathered crowd and the firemen all stand looking at the house burn down?
(a) the fire is too hot to get near.
(b) the house is too far gone to save.
(c) there are explosions going on inside the house.
(d) they are all white.

3. What do the Klansmen do to the Littles' house?
(a) set the house on fire.
(b) throw black and red paint on it.
(c) burn a cross in the front yard.
(d) smash in all the windows.

4. What happens at night when the Little family has gone to bed?
(a) a storm arises.
(b) Earl is shot in his bed.
(c) the Klan burns down their house.
(d) Louise has a miscarriage.

5. What does Earl say will be the outcome of their moving out of town?
(a) the Klan will go after someone else.
(b) God will help them find a better place.
(c) they won't have any income.
(d) it will be the same wherever they go.

6. What does Malcolm accuse Paul of wanting when he tries to fix him up with a girl?
(a) if she puts out for Malcolm, she'll have to put out for Paul.
(b) he wants the girl to scream rape and send Malcolm to jail.
(c) he wants Malcolm to get into trouble.
(d) he wants to get revenge on the girl for jilting him.

7. Who is the one-eyed preacher?
(a) the Reverend leader of the Klan.
(b) a man in prison who preaches Islam.
(c) Marcus Garvey.
(d) Earl Little, Malcolm's father.

8. Who does Earl say is the prophet God has sent to the blacks in America?
(a) Jackie Robinson.
(b) Marcus Garvey.
(c) Mohammed Ali.
(d) Martin Luther King, Sr.

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

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

11. What famous historical figure do Malcolm and Shorty talk about on Boston Commons?
(a) Paul Revere.
(b) George Washington Carver.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Dred Scott.

12. What name is Malcolm given in Dakar?
(a) El Haji Malik El Shabazz.
(b) Omowale.
(c) Nairobison.
(d) Ali Hussein.

13. What does Malcolm have to say about his names?
(a) I have had so many names.
(b) I have names given by God.
(c) My name is Legion.
(d) I have no name really.

14. Who does Malcolm come across in Small's Paradise Bar?
(a) Cadillac.
(b) Ada.
(c) West Indies Archie.
(d) Sophia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the insurance company not pay up on Earl's life insurance?

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

3. How does Louise respond when she is called a half-white bitch by Klan members?

4. How does Malcolm get away with entering a bar in the Negro Section of Lansing?

5. Malcolm says "That cat who says he's in utilities actually is in utilities ___________________________."

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