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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Malcolm's favorite dance?

2. With whom does Malcolm see Sophia and her sister in a bar?

3. What does Malcolm's gang do?

4. How is Malcolm's father killed?

5. What is the name of the Jewish man for whom Malcolm works?

Short Essay Questions

1. What doe Malcolm learn about whites in Chapter 17?

2. Summarize Chapter 7

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

4. In what way does Harlem educate Malcolm in the inequalities facing black Americans?

5. Why is the nation of Islam so important to people like Malcolm?

6. Briefly describe the history of Harlem outlined in this chapter.

7. In what way are Malcolm's problems getting worse in Chapter 8?

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

9. What does Malcolm do when detectives began trailing him?

10. Describe Malcolm's visit home in Chapter 5.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad.

1) In what ways are their ideas different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Why do you think they cannot sort out their differences?

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book to support your argument, examine the following statement: "The Civil Rights movement had more of a lasting influence than the Nation of Islam."

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way both Malcolm and Alex Haley use the other people in the story to express Malcolm's ideas.

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