View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about Meharry College?
(a) It is segregated.
(b) It is for blacks.
(c) It allows women.
(d) It is co-ed.

2. Why does Malcolm refuse to give Shep any money?
(a) He wants Malcolm to stay by him.
(b) He is selfish.
(c) He knows he will spend it on drugs.
(d) He promised his aunt he would not.

3. What happens to Tommy's best friends while his parents are out of town?
(a) He cuts off his finger.
(b) He is bitten by a snake.
(c) He falls out his window.
(d) He is mugged.

4. Where does Malcolm live?
(a) Harlem.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boston.

5. Why will Tommy's boss not associate with him in public?
(a) All of these.
(b) He is poor.
(c) He is younger.
(d) He is black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tommy's school do for the first time while he is on the team?

2. Why does Shep vomit on his way to the family reunion?

3. What instrument does Malcolm play?

4. What does Luvenia complain to Miss Etta about?

5. Why does Tommy go to Cadet Park on the day of the marches?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the North symbolize for many black people at this time in history?

2. What are Jennie Epps's plans for the future?

3. What does Malcolm do when he returns from his family reunion?

4. Why does Luvenia not want to move to Glory Field with her family?

5. Who is Bobby Joe, and what does he do to Tommy?

6. What does Planter leave for Malcolm when he dies?

7. Why is Shep so uncomfortable on his way to the family reunion?

8. What does Katie do at the rent party?

9. How do Tommy's parents feel after he is arrested?

10. What happens to Skeeter after the march, and why?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 648 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample