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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Jewish man for whom Malcolm works?
(a) Simon
(b) Jacob
(c) Hymie
(d) Franz

2. What does Malcolm put together once he is in Boston?
(a) A band
(b) A religious group
(c) A drug ring
(d) A small gang

3. With whom does Malcolm see Sophia and her sister in a bar?
(a) Sophia's husband
(b) A friend of Sophia's husband
(c) A policeman
(d) A Mafia boss

4. What do Laura and Malcolm make a date to do?
(a) Ice skate
(b) Eat dinner
(c) Sing
(d) Dance

5. What does Malcolm know will happen if he continues in illegal activity?
(a) He would feared
(b) He would be killed
(c) He would go straight
(d) He would be rich

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade is Malcolm when he visits his sister for the first time?

2. How long does Malcolm spend looking around the city?

3. Which character in this chapter wants to kill Malcolm?

4. What does Malcolm say black men are trying to look like with their conk hairstyles?

5. What used to attract white people to Harlem?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the whites react to Malcolm having a relationship with a white woman?

2. How does Malcolm's trip to Boston change him?

3. How does Malcolm get started on narcotics?

4. How does Malcolm react to the idea he could be assassinated?

5. In what way is Malcolm disillusioned with life in Chapter 8?

6. Why does Malcolm regret trying to change his hair into a conk style?

7. Why is it difficult for Haley to be a dispassionate chronicler of Malcolm's life?

8. Describe how Malcolm begins to make a name for himself.

9. What does Malcolm find African American life like in Chapter 2?

10. What do Malcolm's early life experiences teach him?

(see the answer keys)

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