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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 does the teenage Malcolm excel in that wins him admiration?
(a) playing basketball.
(b) writing essays.
(c) making speeches.
(d) playing soccer.

2. What does Malcolm say when Laura says he is nice?
(a) that she may not agree when she knows him better.
(b) that he is not nice and Laura's grandmother is right about him.
(c) that he is only nice to people who are nice to him.
(d) that he was raised by his mother to be a nice boy.

3. How does Malcolm get away with entering a bar in the Negro Section of Lansing?
(a) because he is big for his age.
(b) because he knows the owner.
(c) because he works there.
(d) because no one sees him sneak in.

4. what are some of the menial jobs Malcolm has?
(a) shining shoes and carrying luggage.
(b) picking cotton and baling hay.
(c) delivering papers and cleaning stables.
(d) chopping wood and washing dishes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Laura say wears the sky like an overcoat?

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

3. Who does Malcolm come across in Small's Paradise Bar?

4. Where is Louise seen telling someone not to feed that boy no pig?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Malcolm recall his father?

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

6. What is Malcolm's ambition after he finishes high school?

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

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

9. Who does Louise Little, Malcolm's mother, have to confront in the back yard of her house?

10. What is the opening sequence in the screenplay?

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