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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Malcolm tell Sidney to call when he reports the mob on the street?
(a) all the newspapers he can think of.
(b) all the black colleges.
(c) all the ministers he can find.
(d) all the gang members he can find.

2. What does Laura say she needs from Malcolm?
(a) a recommendation.
(b) a place to stay.
(c) protection.
(d) subway fare.

3. What is Malcolm's response when the police tell them to return in the morning?
(a) he says they will do that.
(b) he says they will return with more people.
(c) he insists that Hinton needs a doctor.
(d) he goes and calls a lawyer.

4. What does Shorty say the Harvard Law School is for?
(a) turning out lawyers to become judges.
(b) turning out lawyers to defend black people.
(c) turning out lawyers to keep black people in jail.
(d) turning out lawyers to defend the Constitution.

5. Why does Louise lose her job cooking for a white family?
(a) they disapprove of Louise saying Earl was murdered.
(b) they will not allow Louise to bring her children to work.
(c) they discover that she is Earl's widow.
(d) they have been threatened by the Klan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sidney witness on the streets as he delivers his papers?

3. Who does Louise face one night at suppertime?

4. Why does Laura say she will never go to Malcolm's Temple?

5. As Malcolm holds Laura's hand, why does she shiver?

(see the answer key)

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