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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the news Judge Merritt brings to Malcolm at the Swerlin house?
(a) that he will not have to go to the reform school.
(b) that he will still have to serve out his sentence.
(c) that he will have two more years of probation.
(d) that his mother attempted suicide.

2. What do the Klan members accuse Earl of doing?
(a) stirring up the bad niggers in town.
(b) forming a Black Liberation Army.
(c) preaching insurrection against the president.
(d) trying to make a name for himself.

3. What thoughtless remark does Judge Merritt make about black people?
(a) that they only know how to have babies.
(b) that they live in shacks and drive clunker cars.
(c) that they are mostly criminals.
(d) that he wonders if they are people.

4. Who is the one-eyed preacher?
(a) a man in prison who preaches Islam.
(b) Marcus Garvey.
(c) Earl Little, Malcolm's father.
(d) the Reverend leader of the Klan.

5. What do the Klansmen do to the Littles' house?
(a) throw black and red paint on it.
(b) set the house on fire.
(c) burn a cross in the front yard.
(d) smash in all the windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Louise respond when she is called a half-white bitch by Klan members?

2. Why does Malcolm make fun of the deacon?

3. What name is Malcolm given in Dakar?

4. What happens to Malcolm after his mother is taken away?

5. Why does the insurance company not pay up on Earl's life insurance?

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