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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Archie outfit Malcolm with new clothes?
(a) from a closet of stolen goods.
(b) with cash he made running numbers.
(c) borrowing from a friend about Malcolm's size.
(d) on his credit card.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is the fair, young mulatto woman hanging out clothes?
(a) Laura, Malcolm's one true love.
(b) Sophia, Malcolm's mistress.
(c) Daisy Little, Malcolm'sd grandmother.
(d) Louise Little, Malcolm's mother.

8. What prophetic dream does Malcolm tell Laura he used to have?
(a) doing something to help his parents not work so hard.
(b) marrying a girl just like her.
(c) speaking in front of a large crowd of people.
(d) flying in the sky like a bird.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does Shorty say the Harvard Law School is for?
(a) turning out lawyers to become judges.
(b) turning out lawyers to defend black people.
(c) turning out lawyers to keep black people in jail.
(d) turning out lawyers to defend the Constitution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name given to Malcolm during a fist fight in prison?

2. What name is Malcolm given in Dakar?

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

4. As a youth, what are Malcolm and Laura doing that gets the crowd roaring?

5. What does Malcolm have to say about his names?

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