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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 Sidney witness on the streets as he delivers his papers?
(a) a fist fight between two black men.
(b) a gunfight between two blacks.
(c) a fist fight between a white man and a black man.
(d) a Muslim minister preaching on the corner.

2. What is Malcolm's response when the police tell them to return in the morning?
(a) he says they will return with more people.
(b) he goes and calls a lawyer.
(c) he insists that Hinton needs a doctor.
(d) he says they will do that.

3. What metaphor does Laura use to describe her condition?
(a) a torn dress.
(b) a dress that is mended many times.
(c) a lot of rags tied together.
(d) a dress that is past mending.

4. When does Lorraine say she became a member of the Movement?
(a) right after Luther came home.
(b) soon after sydney was born.
(c) when Luther went to prison.
(d) when she was sixteen-years-old.

5. What does Malcolm say he feels like when he walks the streets of Harlem?
(a) like someone raised from the dead.
(b) like an animal being hunted down.
(c) like he lived there in another lifetime.
(d) like a stranger in a strange land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Laura's comment after Malcolm says that black people don't have to suffer like they do?

2. What does Luther tell Malcolm about the first people ever created?

3. Who is Sidney?

4. Over what does Malcolm challenge the Sunday Bible Teacher?

5. What does Malcolm tell Luther was the only time he ever went down on his knees?

Short Essay Questions

1. What quickly becomes clear about Luther's son, Sidney?

2. Who does Malcolm meet at the subway later one night?

3. What does Luther tell Malcolm about?

4. What does Malcolm discover when he gets to the scene of the fight?

5. After Malcolm follows Luther out of prison, where does he go?

6. How does Malcolm show his humility after becoming a Muslim minister?

7. As the second part opens, what is happening to Malcolm?

8. What is the result of Malcolm's taking the group of ministers to the jail?

9. Who gets beaten badly although he had nothing to do with the original fight?

10. Who calls Malcolm to the scene?

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