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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Malcolm and Hymie talk about?
(a) Marxism
(b) Marrying Hymie's daughter
(c) Money
(d) The oppression of Jews and blacks

2. How long does Malcolm's mother spend in a mental institution?
(a) 15 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 26 years
(d) 2 years

3. What is the name of the bar where Malcolm works?
(a) Lost Paradise
(b) The Clown and Bard
(c) Small Paradise
(d) Shakespeare's

4. How far is the detention home from Lansing?
(a) 2 miles
(b) 15 miles
(c) 20 miles
(d) 12 miles

5. What is the title of this first chapter?
(a) Nightmare
(b) Mother
(c) Hate
(d) Security

6. Whose word does Malcolm's father spread?
(a) Marcus Garvey
(b) Allah
(c) Martin Luther
(d) John Wycliffe

7. What is the name of the quiet girl Malcolm meets in this chapter?
(a) Stacy
(b) Laura
(c) Sophia
(d) Lorna

8. What is Malcolm's hairstyle called?
(a) A straight back and sides
(b) An afro
(c) A conk
(d) A crackerjack

9. Who approaches Malcolm while he is watching Billie Holliday?
(a) Miles Davis
(b) Archie
(c) Sammy
(d) The police

10. What does Malcolm sell to the customers on the train?
(a) Tickets
(b) Newspapers
(c) Beverages and snacks
(d) Reefers

11. For how many years is Malcolm jailed?
(a) 16 years
(b) 10-15 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 8-10 years

12. Where does Malcolm's sister live?
(a) Denver
(b) New York
(c) Boston
(d) Michigan

13. What does Malcolm start selling in this chapter?
(a) Cigarettes
(b) Marijuana
(c) Stolen clothes
(d) Heroin

14. Why do the prisoners call Malcolm Satan?
(a) He tel the warden he is the devil
(b) He tells everyone he is a mass murderer
(c) He kills a warden
(d) He shouts out curses to God

15. Where is Malcolm taken back to in this chapter?
(a) Denver
(b) Boston
(c) Manhattan
(d) Seattle

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Laura and Malcolm make a date to do?

2. Who does Laura lie to in order to make the date with Malcolm?

3. Where is Malcolm's mother homeland?

4. What does Malcolm say Bimbi uses to command respect?

5. Who was waiting at the jeweler's?

(see the answer keys)

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