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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 Louise's feeling about being light skinned?
(a) she wishes she were blacker than Earl.
(b) she wishes she had married a white man.
(c) she feels superior to other blacks.
(d) she feels superior to Earl.

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

3. What city had Laura never heard of?
(a) Hoboken, NJ.
(b) Marietta, Georgia.
(c) Detroit, Michigan.
(d) Lansing, Michigan.

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

5. Who is Sophia?
(a) Malcolm's fantasy girlfriend.
(b) Malcolm's sister.
(c) Malcolm's white lover.
(d) Malcolm's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method does Baldwin use to show flashbacks to Malcolm's early life?

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

3. Why is Malcolm not at the Lancing High School dance?

4. What is the name given to Malcolm during a fist fight in prison?

5. What does Malcolm have to say about his names?

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