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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Shorty referring to when he speaks about ofays?
(a) uppity black people.
(b) old folks.
(c) office workers.
(d) white people.

2. As the screenplay opens, where is Malcolm scheduled to speak that evening?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Yankee Stadium.
(c) the Audubon Ballroom.
(d) Madison Square Garden.

3. Where is Louise seen telling someone not to feed that boy no pig?
(a) in a cafeteria.
(b) in a mosque.
(c) in a breadline.
(d) in an asylum.

4. Who does Louise face one night at suppertime?
(a) her white neighbors.
(b) the Welfare Society.
(c) the Ku Klux Klan.
(d) the Sheriff.

5. What thoughtless remark does Judge Merritt make about black people?
(a) that they live in shacks and drive clunker cars.
(b) that they only know how to have babies.
(c) that he wonders if they are people.
(d) that they are mostly criminals.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Malcolm holds Laura's hand, why does she shiver?

2. What job does Shorty teach Malcolm how to perform?

3. What discouraging thing does Mr. Ostrovski do to Malcolm?

4. How does Malcolm get away with entering a bar in the Negro Section of Lansing?

5. Why does the insurance company not pay up on Earl's life insurance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event does Malcolm remember as he watches people on the streets?

2. What are the two religious books where Malcolm's name is written?

3. What does Malcolm muse about as he thinks about his past?

4. Unable to pursue his dream, what happens to Malcolm?

5. In another flashback, how does Malcolm see himself as a prisoner?

6. After his father is murdered and his mother placed in an asylum, what happens to Malcolm?

7. Whose voice do the viewers hear saying, "Brothers, sisters, this is not our home! Our homeland is in Africa! In Africa!"

8. What is the scene where the character of Laura is introduced?

9. Where did Alex Baldwin get the material to write the scenario?

10. What comes out to explain Louise's fair complexion?

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