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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Malcolm spend looking around the city?
(a) A month
(b) Two months
(c) Two weeks
(d) Three weeks

2. What job does Shorty find for Malcolm?
(a) A dealer
(b) A croupier
(c) A cleaner
(d) A shoeshine attendant

3. What does Malcolm say he learns from the black community in Boston?
(a) The power of money
(b) Self respect
(c) The power of jazz
(d) A new vocabulary

4. What does Malcolm do with his hair in this chapter?
(a) He shaves it off
(b) He perms it
(c) He puts it into dreadlocks
(d) He straightens it

5. Who does Ella disapprove of Malcolm seeing?
(a) Shorty
(b) Their mother
(c) Sophia
(d) The rabbi

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the gang starts to make serious mistakes?

2. What does Ella encourage Malcolm to do before he gets a job?

3. What does Malcolm notice about the white men he escorts into Harlem?

4. What is the name of the Jewish man for whom Malcolm works?

5. Which members of the gang try to get into houses for tours?

(see the answer key)

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