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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Luther tell Malcolm about Allah?
(a) that Allah put people in the sun to make them dark.
(b) that God is color blind.
(c) that Allah created only black people.
(d) that God is black.

5. What does Laura find out about Malcolm as they visit?
(a) that Malcolm is a Muslim minister.
(b) that Malcolm is running dope.
(c) that Malcolm is now married.
(d) that Malcolm is hiding from the law.

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

7. Why does Laura sound grateful for the subway money?
(a) so her old man won't beat her when she gets home.
(b) so she doesn't have to turn another trick.
(c) so she can get home before her old man.
(d) so she doesn't have to beg on the streets.

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

9. Why does Lorraine think it is strange that Malcolm met her husband, Luther, in prison?
(a) she says he looks like a preacher.
(b) she says he looks too clean cut.
(c) she says he doesn't look old enough.
(d) she says Luther did not usually make friends in prison.

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

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

12. What does Malcolm say when the policeman says bloodshed never solved anything?
(a) he says why not find out?
(b) he says it might solves something now.
(c) he says it could, given a chance.
(d) he says it did when the blood was ours.

13. Over what does Malcolm challenge the Sunday Bible Teacher?
(a) whether Jesus was nothing more than a prophet.
(b) whether Jesus was white.
(c) whether Jesus actually raised from the dead.
(d) whether Jesus actually lived.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the metaphor of the wolves, rats, and swine in Luther's recounting of his brother's murder?

3. What is everyone saying about Malcolm as he refuses to eat pork?

4. What does Laura say she did for Daniel?

5. How does Malcolm introduce himself at the police station?

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