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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Luther accuse Malcolm of spending his life doing?
(a) trying to look like a movie star.
(b) looking like a pimp.
(c) looking like the man who raped his mother.
(d) looking out for everyone but himself.

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

3. Who wants to meet Malcolm now that he is out of prison?
(a) the Leader.
(b) the Judge.
(c) the Preacher.
(d) the Numbers Runner.

4. What is the symbolism of the new glasses and a pawnshop watch lying on a towel?
(a) it symbolizes time and infinity.
(b) it symbolizes Malcolm's release from prison.
(c) it symbolizes clean thought and clear vision.
(d) it symbolizes good versus evil.

5. What is disturbing to the policemen at the station the night Hinton was beaten?
(a) the noise coming from outside.
(b) the newspaper reporters gathered there.
(c) the large, silent crowd outside the station.
(d) the fire in Malcolm's eyes.

6. What does Malcolm think about Luther's hype?
(a) it must be good because Luther is never wrong.
(b) it must be something metaphysical.
(c) it must be some kind of test for him.
(d) it must be a way to control him.

7. What course is Miss Betty teaching when Luther, Malcolm, and Sidney eavesdrop?
(a) the Failure of Black Men to Make Good Husbands
(b) the Meaning of Marriage.
(c) the Way to Find a Good Husband.
(d) the Care of the Elderly.

8. What does Miss Betty want to know about Malcolm to tell her class of young women?
(a) if he likes black women.
(b) if he is married.
(c) if he is Muslim.
(d) if he has a job.

9. Who is Sidney?
(a) Malcolm's brother.
(b) Luther's son.
(c) Louise's husband.
(d) Laura's boyfriend.

10. How does Laura say Malcolm could have saved her once?
(a) by helping her finish school.
(b) by keeping her away from Daniel.
(c) by marrying her.
(d) by showing her a better way.

11. When does Lorraine say she became a member of the Movement?
(a) right after Luther came home.
(b) soon after sydney was born.
(c) when Luther went to prison.
(d) when she was sixteen-years-old.

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

13. What is Malcolm's response when the police tell them to return in the morning?
(a) he goes and calls a lawyer.
(b) he says they will return with more people.
(c) he says they will do that.
(d) he insists that Hinton needs a doctor.

14. What is the paper Luther talks about with Malcolm and Sydney?
(a) a community newspaper for black people.
(b) a manifesto of Muslim religion.
(c) a court order against mass demonstrations.
(d) a declaration of independence.

15. What does Laura say ministers always are when they hear about real life?
(a) fatalistic.
(b) unbelieving.
(c) optimistic.
(d) shocked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura say she did for Daniel?

2. What does Malcolm say Luther is the first to do in the prison?

3. If God is black, what is Luther's conclusion about white men?

4. What does Malcolm tell Luther was the only time he ever went down on his knees?

5. What does Malcolm say when the policeman says bloodshed never solved anything?

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