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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. Why is Malcolm led away by the prison guards?

2. What does Shorty think Malcolm is doing with his religious talk?

3. Who is Laura's old man?

4. If God is black, what is Luther's conclusion about white men?

5. What does Luther say black Christians pray for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why are Luther, Sidney, and Malcolm waiting outside a classroom one day?

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

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

8. What does Luther tell Malcolm about?

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

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 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 2

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages comparing the burning of Malcolm's childhood home and the Molotov cocktail thrown into Malcolm's home just before he is assassinated. Note how the racist feelings on both sides are similar in nature. Discuss the irony of the situation.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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