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

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

3. What does Malcolm have to say about his names?
(a) I have names given by God.
(b) My name is Legion.
(c) I have had so many names.
(d) I have no name really.

4. Malcolm says "That cat who says he's in utilities actually is in utilities ___________________________."
(a) when he ain't riding his bicycle for the gas company.
(b) when he runs an extension cord from his neighbor's house.
(c) when he goes in to pay his bill.
(d) when he reads the customers' meters

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Malcolm get away with entering a bar in the Negro Section of Lansing?

2. Who is the fair, young mulatto woman hanging out clothes?

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

4. Why does Malcolm think they might make him class president at school?

5. What is the news Judge Merritt brings to Malcolm at the Swerlin house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the opening sequence in the screenplay?

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

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

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