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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Malcolm come across in Small's Paradise Bar?

2. What does Malcolm have to say about his names?

3. What thoughtless remark does Judge Merritt make about black people?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In another flashback, how does Malcolm see himself as a prisoner?

2. What is the opening sequence in the screenplay?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Malcolm recall his father?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on Visual Arts as a Way of Telling a Story. Using Alex Baldwin's scenario, show how the story is moved along and made clear by the use of various visual flashbacks rather than pages of dialog. Give specific examples describing what message of those visuals convey.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on Things That Can Change Personal Views. Pick three areas such as (1) a religious experience, (2) a near death experience, or (3) a wartime experience and write an essay on events that can change a person dramatically.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on What People Pray For. Refer to Luther's comment that black people pray to have in heaven what white people have on Earth. Discuss the materialism in such prayers. Examine how the statement is a generalization that does not consider what white people pray for. Finally, discuss how prayer for supremacy and oppression amounts only to mere words.

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