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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 happens at night when the Little family has gone to bed?
(a) Earl is shot in his bed.
(b) a storm arises.
(c) the Klan burns down their house.
(d) Louise has a miscarriage.

2. What does Malcolm admit to Laura that made him proud when he was a little boy?
(a) having his mother teach him how to read.
(b) taking care of his baby brother.
(c) carrying heavy things for his mother.
(d) growing peas in his own garden.

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

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

5. As a youth, what are Malcolm and Laura doing that gets the crowd roaring?
(a) marching.
(b) debating.
(c) singing.
(d) dancing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Malcolm accuse Paul of wanting when he tries to fix him up with a girl?

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

4. Where does Louise tell little Malcolm he was born?

5. What do the Klansmen do to the Littles' house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What image does the sight of a blonde woman crossing the street arouse in Malcolm?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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