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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Shorty teach Malcolm how to perform?
(a) selling daily newspapers.
(b) as a porter at the train station.
(c) men's room attendant at the Roseland Ballroom.
(d) becoming a pimp.

2. Why is Malcolm not at the Lancing High School dance?
(a) because he is black.
(b) because he has no good clothes.
(c) because he can't dance.
(d) because he has no money.

3. What does Malcolm's father believe is the real homeland of his people in America?
(a) the State of Georgia.
(b) the Caribbean Islands.
(c) Africa.
(d) the North of the United States.

4. 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) flying in the sky like a bird.
(d) marrying a girl just like her.

5. Who is the fair, young mulatto woman hanging out clothes?
(a) Louise Little, Malcolm's mother.
(b) Sophia, Malcolm's mistress.
(c) Daisy Little, Malcolm'sd grandmother.
(d) Laura, Malcolm's one true love.

6. What does the teenage Malcolm excel in that wins him admiration?
(a) writing essays.
(b) playing basketball.
(c) making speeches.
(d) playing soccer.

7. Who is the one-eyed preacher?
(a) the Reverend leader of the Klan.
(b) a man in prison who preaches Islam.
(c) Earl Little, Malcolm's father.
(d) Marcus Garvey.

8. Why does the insurance company not pay up on Earl's life insurance?
(a) they say his policy was lost.
(b) they say he missed the last payment.
(c) they say he committed suicide
(d) they say his policy excludes accidents.

9. what are some of the menial jobs Malcolm has?
(a) shining shoes and carrying luggage.
(b) delivering papers and cleaning stables.
(c) chopping wood and washing dishes.
(d) picking cotton and baling hay.

10. Where is Malcolm walking with two pairs of shoes tied and thrown over his shoulder?
(a) on the beach with Laura.
(b) on the railroad tracks.
(c) on a basketball court.
(d) on the way to school.

11. Where is Louise seen telling someone not to feed that boy no pig?
(a) in a mosque.
(b) in a cafeteria.
(c) in an asylum.
(d) in a breadline.

12. What thoughtless remark does Judge Merritt make about black people?
(a) that they live in shacks and drive clunker cars.
(b) that he wonders if they are people.
(c) that they only know how to have babies.
(d) that they are mostly criminals.

13. How does Malcolm get away with entering a bar in the Negro Section of Lansing?
(a) because no one sees him sneak in.
(b) because he is big for his age.
(c) because he works there.
(d) because he knows the owner.

14. In a flashback, what does Louise say to Earl about a rabbit?
(a) we are all tired of eating rabbit.
(b) I don't know how to cook a rabbit.
(c) we only raised rabbits to sell to white folks.
(d) nobody eats rabbits anymore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous historical figure do Malcolm and Shorty talk about on Boston Commons?

2. What happens to Malcolm after his mother is taken away?

3. What discouraging thing does Mr. Ostrovski do to Malcolm?

4. Who does Malcolm come across in Small's Paradise Bar?

5. Where does Louise tell little Malcolm he was born?

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