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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 his mother attempted suicide.
(c) that he will still have to serve out his sentence.
(d) that he will have two more years of probation.

2. Why do the gathered crowd and the firemen all stand looking at the house burn down?
(a) they are all white.
(b) there are explosions going on inside the house.
(c) the house is too far gone to save.
(d) the fire is too hot to get near.

3. What is the evidence that Earl did not commit suicide?
(a) his knees were shattered.
(b) a stab wound in his back.
(c) his hands were tied behind him.
(d) a hammer blow to the back of his head.

4. Why does Malcolm put a gun to his head and pull the trigger?
(a) to scare people into doing his will.
(b) to put on a show for his friends.
(c) to show he is not afraid to die.
(d) to attempt suicide.

5. Malcolm says "That cat who says he's in utilities actually is in utilities ___________________________."
(a) when he goes in to pay his bill.
(b) when he ain't riding his bicycle for the gas company.
(c) when he runs an extension cord from his neighbor's house.
(d) when he reads the customers' meters

Short Answer Questions

1. What thoughtless remark does Judge Merritt make about black people?

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

3. What does Malcolm admit to Laura that made him proud when he was a little boy?

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

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

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