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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shorty think Malcolm is doing with his religious talk?
(a) finding something to occupy his time.
(b) trying to prove he is insane.
(c) coming up with a new hustle.
(d) making fun of the white guards.

2. What does Malcolm say the Leader's letters did for him in prison?
(a) made him feel like the greatest black man.
(b) made him feel like the Leader doesn't understand.
(c) made him feel homewick for Luther.
(d) made him feel there was no hope.

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

4. What does Malcolm say Luther is the first to do in the prison?
(a) give him advice.
(b) figure out his problem.
(c) light his cigarette.
(d) call him by his name.

5. To whom does Luther write about Malcolm?
(a) the preseident.
(b) the governor.
(c) Malcolm's mother.
(d) the leader.

6. Why is Malcolm led away by the prison guards?
(a) for fighting.
(b) for playing the numbers.
(c) for cursing.
(d) for not working.

7. What is Hinton's condition in the jail?
(a) he is praying loudly.
(b) he is unconscious.
(c) he is on a hunger strike.
(d) he is raving mad.

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

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

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

11. What does Malcolm tell Luther was the only time he ever went down on his knees?
(a) to ask Laura to marry him.
(b) to pray.
(c) to look for a lost coin.
(d) to pick a lock.

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Malcolm and the others looking for at the police station?

2. What does Laura want instead of coffee?

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

4. Why does Lorraine think it is strange that Malcolm met her husband, Luther, in prison?

5. What does Laura say she needs from Malcolm?

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