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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 do the Klansmen do to the Littles' house?
(a) throw black and red paint on it.
(b) set the house on fire.
(c) smash in all the windows.
(d) burn a cross in the front yard.

2. Who does Malcolm come across in Small's Paradise Bar?
(a) Cadillac.
(b) Sophia.
(c) West Indies Archie.
(d) Ada.

3. What do the Klan members accuse Earl of doing?
(a) preaching insurrection against the president.
(b) forming a Black Liberation Army.
(c) stirring up the bad niggers in town.
(d) trying to make a name for himself.

4. Where does Louise tell little Malcolm he was born?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Newark.
(c) Cincinnati.
(d) Omaha.

5. What prophetic dream does Malcolm tell Laura he used to have?
(a) speaking in front of a large crowd of people.
(b) marrying a girl just like her.
(c) flying in the sky like a bird.
(d) doing something to help his parents not work so hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Archie outfit Malcolm with new clothes?

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

3. Why does Louise lose her job cooking for a white family?

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

5. What method does Baldwin use to show flashbacks to Malcolm's early life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Malcolm recall his father?

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

9. After his father is murdered and his mother placed in an asylum, what happens to Malcolm?

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

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