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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) playing soccer.
(c) making speeches.
(d) writing essays.

2. What is the news Judge Merritt brings to Malcolm at the Swerlin house?
(a) that he will still have to serve out his sentence.
(b) that his mother attempted suicide.
(c) that he will not have to go to the reform school.
(d) that he will have two more years of probation.

3. What happens to Malcolm after his mother is taken away?
(a) he goes to the reformatory.
(b) he goes to live with his grandmother.
(c) he goes into foster care.
(d) he runs away.

4. What famous historical figure do Malcolm and Shorty talk about on Boston Commons?
(a) Paul Revere.
(b) Dred Scott.
(c) George Washington.
(d) George Washington Carver.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the white Welfare Worker want to do?

2. what are some of the menial jobs Malcolm has?

3. Why does Malcolm say he does not write to his mother in the asylum?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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