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

2. What name is Malcolm given in Dakar?
(a) Ali Hussein.
(b) Omowale.
(c) El Haji Malik El Shabazz.
(d) Nairobison.

3. What is Louise's feeling about being light skinned?
(a) she wishes she were blacker than Earl.
(b) she feels superior to other blacks.
(c) she feels superior to Earl.
(d) she wishes she had married a white man.

4. what are some of the menial jobs Malcolm has?
(a) shining shoes and carrying luggage.
(b) delivering papers and cleaning stables.
(c) chopping wood and washing dishes.
(d) picking cotton and baling hay.

5. Who does Earl say is the prophet God has sent to the blacks in America?
(a) Marcus Garvey.
(b) Jackie Robinson.
(c) Mohammed Ali.
(d) Martin Luther King, Sr.

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Malcolm recall his father?

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

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

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

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