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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 does Malcolm receive a lesson on in Harlem?
(a) African tradition
(b) Harlem's history
(c) Islam
(d) Jewish history

2. Which of the following characters is not a member of Malcolm's Boston gang?
(a) Rudy
(b) Sammy
(c) Shorty
(d) Sophia

3. Who does Malcolm impress by dating Sophia?
(a) Laura
(b) His black male friends
(c) His mother
(d) His sister

4. What is the name of Malcolm's sister?
(a) Lorna
(b) Freda
(c) Daisy
(d) Ella

5. What does Malcolm take to stop feeling nervous whilse robbing people's houses?
(a) Beta blockers
(b) Narcotics
(c) Alcohol
(d) Lauging gas

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Malcolm heavily into at this point?

2. Where does Malcolm work after the shoeshine job?

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

4. What does Malcolm carry to protect himself?

5. Why did Malcolm get fired from his job on the railway?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Malcolm feel the press are trying to divide the black community?

2. Summarize Chapter 6.

3. Why is Malcolm given the nickname Satan?

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

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

6. What are Malcolm's arguments in terms of racism?

7. In ways does Malcom learn that thing are not always as they appear?

8. How does Malcolm feel about the way he treats Laura in Chapter 3?

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

10. What does Alex Haley write in this chapter,written after Malcolm's death?

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