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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. In what state does Malcolm's family settle?
(a) Michigan
(b) New York
(c) Kentucky
(d) Denver

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

3. What does Malcolm say is the equivalent of money in prison?
(a) Cigarettes
(b) Syringes
(c) Toilet paper
(d) Books

4. Who else was Malcolm working for in this chapter?
(a) The police
(b) A local hoodlum
(c) His sister
(d) A local madam

5. What does Sophia's friend do later that night?
(a) Shoots Malcolm
(b) Calls the police
(c) Smashes Malcolm's house windows
(d) Breaks into Malcolm's house

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Malcolm sell to the customers on the train?

3. What two drugs does Malcolm discover in Harlem?

4. What does Malcolm take to a jeweler to be repaired?

5. How many words does Malcolm claim are part of his vocabulary before he starts reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Malcolm's press conference in Chapter 18.

2. Describe what Malcolm does when he meets a white woman in Chapter 4.

3. In what way did Malcolm's prison education mold his later ideas?

4. What is the main thing Malcolm says he gets out of dating a white woman?

5. What does Malcolm learn while he is in Africa?

6. Summarize Chapter 6.

7. What does Malcolm learn when he moves to Boston?

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

9. Describe what Malcolm calls the turning point in his life.

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

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