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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the name of Elijah's son?
(a) Norbert
(b) Wallace
(c) Jackie
(d) Davis

5. How many hours of taped recordings does Haley have of interviews between himself and Malcolm?
(a) 50 hours
(b) 80 hours
(c) Hundred of hours
(d) Thousands of hours

6. Which magazine named the book as one of the top ten nonfiction books of the 20th century?
(a) Time
(b) Mohammed Speaks
(c) The Literary Review
(d) The Paris Review

7. What is the name of the newspaper Malcolm starts?
(a) Muhammad Speaks
(b) United Black Nations
(c) The Islam Times
(d) Verbal Anger

8. Who did Malcolm always credit in his press conferences?
(a) Allah
(b) Elijah Muhammed
(c) His mother
(d) Reginald

9. With what other Afro-American organization does Malcolm claim to have differences?
(a) The Civil Rights movement
(b) The Free Sudan Organization
(c) Afro American feminist movement
(d) The Black Panthers

10. To what does Malcolm dedicate each day?
(a) His friends
(b) His work
(c) His family
(d) His autobiography

11. Why is Malcolm so upset that Muhammad has been engaging in immoral activities?
(a) They need a spiritually strong leader
(b) Malcolm could not join in
(c) He now must tell the police
(d) It involves his wife

12. With what does Malcolm replace his surname?
(a) Y
(b) Little
(c) X
(d) Big

13. What do the whites call Malcolm?
(a) The angry black man
(b) Satan
(c) The Messiah
(d) A communist

14. Which Greek myth does Malcolm recall in this chapter?
(a) Icarus
(b) Hercules
(c) Echo
(d) Herse

15. What continent does Malcolm visit after his pilgrimage?
(a) Europe
(b) Africa
(c) Oceania
(d) South America

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Muhammad relocated to in this chapter?

2. In what year is Malcolm released from prison?

3. With which old friend does Malcolm reunite in Boston?

4. Who does Malcolm meet in 1965?

5. Who does Malcolm say has been suspended from the Nation of Islam?

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