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

2. Who are Malcolm and the others looking for at the police station?

3. Who lights Malcolm's cigarette when his hand is bandaged?

4. What is the importance of meeting the Leader?

5. What does Laura find out about Malcolm as they visit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Luther tell Malcolm about?

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

4. Who calls Malcolm to the scene?

5. What further instruction does Luther give Malcolm?

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

7. What does Malcolm, now a Muslim minister, organize after the riot in Harlem?

8. Who are Betty's students in the class?

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

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

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 Prejudice. Using the Movement as an example and the early militancy of Malcolm, discuss how prejudice causes people to make wrong decisions, not to listen to opposing ideas, and generalizations that are transferred wrongly onto individuals.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on What Malcolm Might Have Said. From indications in the scenario, find two or three points that Malcolm might have intended to cover in his Audubon Ballroom speech. Discuss each point in detail, giving examples from the scenario.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on Charisma. Begin your essay with Mrs. Swerlin's explanation that people like to be around Malcolm and the reasons she gives. Move to the early days within the movement and why many people followed Malcolm as a militant leader. Conclude with how Malcolm's charisma did not overcome the resentment of his followers after he changed his attitude toward people of other elasticities.

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