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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. In a flashback, what does Louise say to Earl about a rabbit?
(a) we only raised rabbits to sell to white folks.
(b) we are all tired of eating rabbit.
(c) I don't know how to cook a rabbit.
(d) nobody eats rabbits anymore.

2. What does Shorty say the Harvard Law School is for?
(a) turning out lawyers to become judges.
(b) turning out lawyers to keep black people in jail.
(c) turning out lawyers to defend the Constitution.
(d) turning out lawyers to defend black people.

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

4. What is the first terrifying image from Malcolm's childhood?
(a) images of a great fire in his neighborhood.
(b) his father being whipped by the Klan.
(c) the burning down of his father's church.
(d) Ku Klux Klan members threatening his mother.

5. Who does Laura say wears the sky like an overcoat?
(a) a pilot.
(b) God.
(c) Malcolm.
(d) a sea gull.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens at night when the Little family has gone to bed?

3. Who is the one-eyed preacher?

4. What does the teenage Malcolm excel in that wins him admiration?

5. What happens to Malcolm after his mother is taken away?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the opening sequence in the screenplay?

4. What is the Klan's warning to Louise?

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

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

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

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

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

10. When the radio announces that Malcolm X will speak at the Audubon Ballroom, what does the viewer learn?

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