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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 the symbolism of the boy entering the large white hotel?

2. What does Sydney say about black women in a Muslim household?

3. Why do the men in the license plate shop cheer Luther?

4. What are Laura's parting words to Malcolm?

5. What is everyone saying about Malcolm as he refuses to eat pork?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who calls Malcolm to the scene?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What life-changing information does Malcolm finally receive from Luther?

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

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

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

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 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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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