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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 does Miss Betty want to know about Malcolm to tell her class of young women?

2. When does Lorraine say she became a member of the Movement?

3. What course is Miss Betty teaching when Luther, Malcolm, and Sidney eavesdrop?

4. What is Malcolm's response when the police tell them to return in the morning?

5. Who does Malcolm tell Sidney to call when he reports the mob on the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the white policemen arrive at the fight?

2. What is the significance of Malcolm's attempts to straighten his hair, according to Luther?

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

4. How does Luther continue to influence Malcolm in prison?

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

6. What further instruction does Luther give Malcolm?

7. Who calls Malcolm to the scene?

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

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

10. Who sees the potential in Malcolm and gives him good advice?

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 Being Careful About Friendships. Start with how Malcolm thought Luther and the Leader were his friends only to learn of their jealousy and danger to him and his family. Go to Sidney who was his friend as long as he held to the militant line. Then cover how the masses who once cheered him on, turned against his new message of conciliation.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on Standing Up for What One Believes. Use Malcolm as an example of standing up for what he believed and give examples such as (1) believing that all white men are devils, (2) believing that there is a black nation that will rule the country, (3) believing that he had made a mistake in his earlier beliefs. Show how he was willing to take a stand on each of those issues regardless of danger to himself. Conclude with translating Malcolm's example into a generality about standing up for one's beliefs.

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