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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens three times a day?
(a) The prisoners say their prayers
(b) The prisoners are counted
(c) The prisoners are whipped
(d) A prisoner escapes

2. What did the prison authoriites try to eliminate?
(a) Writing letters
(b) Black prisoners
(c) The Muslim movement
(d) Violence

3. What did the blacks loyal to Elijah Muhammed think they could reunite after Malcolm's death?
(a) The Muslim community
(b) The black community
(c) The world
(d) The whole of America

4. What is the title of the fourth vignette?
(a) A Religous Conversion
(b) Friends
(c) The Christ and His Teachings
(d) The Beatles

5. Who does Cleaver say he has renounced?
(a) James Baldwin
(b) Elijah Muhammed
(c) Malcom X
(d) Uncle Tom

6. What does Cleaver say Baldwin's books express a hatred for?
(a) Blacks
(b) Hetrosexuals
(c) Whites
(d) Women

7. What did the woman in the Eyes story sing at him?
(a) The Twist
(b) The national anthem
(c) Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes
(d) Golly Miss Molly

8. What does Cleaver say made him aware of his social status?
(a) Kennedy's assasination
(b) Mass demonstrations
(c) The Nation of Islam
(d) Vietnam

9. What do the inmates have three times a week?
(a) A free evening
(b) A beer
(c) Letters
(d) A visitor

10. What does Cleaver describe in this chapter?
(a) His family
(b) His exercises
(c) His favorite author
(d) His daily routine

11. What drug was Cleaver caught in possession of?
(a) Marijuana
(b) Ectasy
(c) Cocaine
(d) LSD

12. What does Cleaver say he has access to on the honor block?
(a) The radio
(b) Women
(c) Television
(d) Books

13. What is the name of the first vignette in this chapter?
(a) Christ
(b) Harlem
(c) Watts
(d) Eyes

14. What did Cleaver's lawyer give him that resulted in Cleaver spending time in solitary confinement?
(a) Drugs
(b) Photographs
(c) A toothbrush
(d) Magazines

15. What made people feel pride about being associated with Watts?
(a) The Nation of Islam
(b) The Vietnam War
(c) The riots
(d) Kennedy's presidency

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cleaver say he has always been aware of?

2. What is the second Vignette called?

3. What does Cleaver say he washed his hands in?

4. What does Cleaver blame for the black's resurgence in American life?

5. What does Cleaver vow the black will have?

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