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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. What is Louise's feeling about being light skinned?
(a) she feels superior to Earl.
(b) she wishes she had married a white man.
(c) she feels superior to other blacks.
(d) she wishes she were blacker than Earl.

2. As Malcolm holds Laura's hand, why does she shiver?
(a) because she is cold.
(b) because Malcolm is touching her.
(c) because Malcolm's hand is cold.
(d) because she is afraid.

3. What happens to Earl Little?
(a) he is drowned in the ocean.
(b) he is hanged by the Klan.
(c) he has a massive heart attack.
(d) he is run over by a trolley.

4. What is the evidence that Earl did not commit suicide?
(a) his hands were tied behind him.
(b) his knees were shattered.
(c) a stab wound in his back.
(d) a hammer blow to the back of his head.

5. Who is Sophia?
(a) Malcolm's grandmother.
(b) Malcolm's fantasy girlfriend.
(c) Malcolm's sister.
(d) Malcolm's white lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Archie outfit Malcolm with new clothes?

2. Why does Malcolm think Shorty wants to set him up with a particular woman?

3. What prophetic dream does Malcolm tell Laura he used to have?

4. Why is Malcolm not at the Lancing High School dance?

5. As a youth, what are Malcolm and Laura doing that gets the crowd roaring?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dramatic technique does Baldwin use to set up the background of the movie?

2. What stands in the way of Malcolm's marrying Laura?

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

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

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

6. What are the three areas of Malcolm's life represented in the scenario?

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

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

9. How does Malcolm recall his father?

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

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