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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does this final chapter outline?
(a) The characters in the book
(b) Malcolm's vision
(c) Malcolm's regrets
(d) Malcolm's retirement plans

2. What does Haley provide an overview of in this chapter?
(a) The entire book
(b) Events surrounding Malcolm's death
(c) The difficulties in writing an autobiography
(d) The nation of Islam

3. What is Malcolm's argument against the Civil Rights movement
(a) They need to strive for their own identity
(b) Islam is the black religion
(c) They have to knock things down. not tap on them
(d) Racism is a human issue, not a civil rights issue.

4. Who does Malcolm think that the Asian man is in his dream?
(a) The true leader of the black people
(b) Mohammed
(c) His future son
(d) His father

5. How does Sammy die?
(a) Alcholism
(b) A drug overdose
(c) Old age
(d) Heart disease

6. In what year does this chapter open?
(a) 1961
(b) 1962
(c) 1964
(d) 1967

7. Who does Malcolm say are his biggest opponents?
(a) Black liberals
(b) Whites
(c) Muslim leaders
(d) The American government

8. What does Haley say he tried to be when he wrote Malcolm's autobiography?
(a) A passionate chronicler
(b) Funny
(c) An observer of his life
(d) A dispassionate chronicler

9. Why does Elijah Muhammad stop speaking for the organization?
(a) Malcolm is more charismatic
(b) He falls ill
(c) His son dies
(d) He is too busy

10. What kind of personality does Haley state that Malcolm has?
(a) An angry personality
(b) An electric personality
(c) A noble personality
(d) A stubborn personality

11. According to Malcolm, what have blacks been brainwashed to worship?
(a) White women
(b) A white man getting fat on a black man's work
(c) A blonde, blue-eyed man
(d) A white, bearded nothing

12. What does Malcolm name his new organization?
(a) Society for Afro Americans
(b) Nation of Humans
(c) Organization of African Unity
(d) Organization of World Unity

13. What does Malcolm tell Muhammad he is discontented with about the Nation of Islam?
(a) Their treatment of whites
(b) Their hypocrisy
(c) The recruiting process
(d) Their treatment of women

14. Which city did Malcolm move to after his release from prison?
(a) Detroit
(b) New York
(c) Chicago
(d) Seattle

15. In what year is Malcolm released from prison?
(a) 1965
(b) 1955
(c) 1954
(d) 1952

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits Malcolm in his dream in this chapter?

2. What happens to Reginald after he is rejected from the Nation?

3. Which Greek myth does Malcolm recall in this chapter?

4. What doe Malcolm see outside the Harvard University window?

5. What famous accessory of Malcolm's does he purchase after his release from prison?

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