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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the screenplay opens, where is Malcolm scheduled to speak that evening?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Yankee Stadium.
(c) the Audubon Ballroom.
(d) Madison Square Garden.

2. What happens at night when the Little family has gone to bed?
(a) Louise has a miscarriage.
(b) the Klan burns down their house.
(c) Earl is shot in his bed.
(d) a storm arises.

3. Where does Louise tell little Malcolm he was born?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Omaha.
(d) Newark.

4. Who does Laura say wears the sky like an overcoat?
(a) a sea gull.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) a pilot.
(d) God.

5. What prophetic dream does Malcolm tell Laura he used to have?
(a) doing something to help his parents not work so hard.
(b) speaking in front of a large crowd of people.
(c) marrying a girl just like her.
(d) flying in the sky like a bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Earl say is the prophet God has sent to the blacks in America?

2. What do the Klan members accuse Earl of doing?

3. What does the teenage Malcolm excel in that wins him admiration?

4. Why does Malcolm make fun of the deacon?

5. What rule does Mrs. Swerlin say she got from her father and that she lives by?

(see the answer key)

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