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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Luther say about white men being devils?
(a) all are without exception.
(b) most of them are.
(c) some of them are.
(d) none of them are.

2. Who does Malcolm meet at the subway?
(a) Luther.
(b) Sidney.
(c) Ada.
(d) Laura.

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

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 good versus evil.
(c) it symbolizes Malcolm's release from prison.
(d) it symbolizes clean thought and clear vision.

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

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

7. What is the symbolism of the boy entering the large white hotel?
(a) it foreshadows the civil rights movement
(b) it symbolized progress.
(c) it represents servitude of the black man.
(d) it represent a change in attitudes.

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

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

10. What does Luther tell Malcolm about using his fists?
(a) we have to practice boxing.
(b) we have to fight only white inmates.
(c) we have to learn how to use our heads.
(d) we have to learn how to look innocent.

11. What does Laura say she needs from Malcolm?
(a) a recommendation.
(b) a place to stay.
(c) protection.
(d) subway fare.

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

13. Who is Laura's old man?
(a) a pimp.
(b) a lesbian lover.
(c) her second husband.
(d) an escaped convict.

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

15. What does Luther have to say about what Malcolm does to his hair?
(a) that he won't have money to do it in prison.
(b) that he looks really nice.
(c) that he's fooling himself.
(d) that he is ashamed of who he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Luther's complaint about the white press?

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

3. Why does Laura sound grateful for the subway money?

4. What does Sydney say about black women in a Muslim household?

5. What does Luther tell Malcolm all black people are?

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