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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Laura say Malcolm could have saved her once?
(a) by showing her a better way.
(b) by helping her finish school.
(c) by keeping her away from Daniel.
(d) by marrying her.

2. What does Malcolm say when the policeman says bloodshed never solved anything?
(a) he says why not find out?
(b) he says it might solves something now.
(c) he says it could, given a chance.
(d) he says it did when the blood was ours.

3. 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.

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

5. What is the name given to Malcolm during a fist fight in prison?
(a) Champ.
(b) Loser.
(c) Slugger.
(d) Satan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Malcolm get away with entering a bar in the Negro Section of Lansing?

2. What happens to Earl Little?

3. What is the news Judge Merritt brings to Malcolm at the Swerlin house?

4. What metaphor does Laura use to describe her condition?

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

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