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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Malcolm introduce himself at the police station?
(a) Lawyer Malcolm Little of the Seventh district.
(b) Rev. Malcolm X of the Black Brotherhood.
(c) Minister Malcolm X of Temple Number Seven.
(d) Minister Malcolm Little of Temple Faith.

3. What is the metaphor of the wolves, rats, and swine in Luther's recounting of his brother's murder?
(a) the uncleaness of his brother.
(b) the white people who killed him.
(c) a sign from a black God.
(d) the conflict of society.

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

5. What does Sidney witness on the streets as he delivers his papers?
(a) a fist fight between a white man and a black man.
(b) a Muslim minister preaching on the corner.
(c) a fist fight between two black men.
(d) a gunfight between two blacks.

6. What is Luther's first advice to get Malcolm out of prison?
(a) not eat any more pork.
(b) hire a good lawyer.
(c) write an apology letter to the warden.
(d) let his hair go natural.

7. What does Malcolm say he feels like when he walks the streets of Harlem?
(a) like someone raised from the dead.
(b) like an animal being hunted down.
(c) like he lived there in another lifetime.
(d) like a stranger in a strange land.

8. What does Luther say black Christians pray for?
(a) that they will be good slaves to the white man.
(b) the things in heaven that white people have on Earth.
(c) that their skin may bleach white.
(d) the time when they can ride at the front of a bus.

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

10. At the police station the night Hinton is beaten, what is the symbolism of the Muslim ministers?
(a) they symbolize a new age.
(b) they symbolize new power.
(c) they symbolize the ability to hold the mob back.
(d) they symbolize the antithesis of the Ku Klux Klan.

11. Who lights Malcolm's cigarette when his hand is bandaged?
(a) a prison guard.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Frank.
(d) Luther.

12. What metaphor does Laura use to describe her condition?
(a) a dress that is mended many times.
(b) a torn dress.
(c) a dress that is past mending.
(d) a lot of rags tied together.

13. What is the setting for the beginning of Part 2 of the scenario?
(a) the back room at Shorty's.
(b) the courthouse in Boston.
(c) the parole office.
(d) the prison license plate shop.

14. What is everyone saying about Malcolm as he refuses to eat pork?
(a) that he is trying to starve himself to death.
(b) that he is losing his mind.
(c) that he is alergic to pork.
(d) that he is watching his weight.

15. Who does Malcolm tell Sidney to call when he reports the mob on the street?
(a) all the black colleges.
(b) all the ministers he can find.
(c) all the gang members he can find.
(d) all the newspapers he can think of.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shorty think Malcolm is doing with his religious talk?

2. When does Lorraine say she became a member of the Movement?

3. What is the symbolism of the new glasses and a pawnshop watch lying on a towel?

4. What does Luther accuse Malcolm of spending his life doing?

5. What does Miss Betty want to know about Malcolm to tell her class of young women?

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