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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hinton's condition in the jail?
(a) he is raving mad.
(b) he is unconscious.
(c) he is praying loudly.
(d) he is on a hunger strike.

2. Who are Malcolm and the others looking for at the police station?
(a) the two black men who were fighting on the street.
(b) Minister Hinton who was beaten by the police.
(c) a black friend who was only an innocent bystander.
(d) Sidney who was taken into custody.

3. What is Laura's comment after Malcolm says that black people don't have to suffer like they do?
(a) that he sounds like her grandmother.
(b) that he comes from Mars.
(c) that he is crazy as a loon.
(d) that he is buying a lie.

4. What is Luther's first advice to get Malcolm out of prison?
(a) write an apology letter to the warden.
(b) not eat any more pork.
(c) hire a good lawyer.
(d) let his hair go natural.

5. What does Miss Betty want to know about Malcolm to tell her class of young women?
(a) if he has a job.
(b) if he likes black women.
(c) if he is married.
(d) if he is Muslim.

6. What is the importance of meeting the Leader?
(a) he leads the Black Muslim community in America.
(b) he knows all the black civil rights leaders.
(c) he has a large church in Harlem.
(d) he has the plans for a revolution.

7. What does Sidney witness on the streets as he delivers his papers?
(a) a fist fight between two black men.
(b) a gunfight between two blacks.
(c) a Muslim minister preaching on the corner.
(d) a fist fight between a white man and a black man.

8. If God is black, what is Luther's conclusion about white men?
(a) they are put on earth to test real believers.
(b) they are men without souls.
(c) they are inferior to the black nation.
(d) they are devils created by Satan.

9. What is the setting for the beginning of Part 2 of the scenario?
(a) the courthouse in Boston.
(b) the back room at Shorty's.
(c) the parole office.
(d) the prison license plate shop.

10. What is everyone saying about Malcolm as he refuses to eat pork?
(a) that he is alergic to pork.
(b) that he is trying to starve himself to death.
(c) that he is watching his weight.
(d) that he is losing his mind.

11. What is disturbing to the policemen at the station the night Hinton was beaten?
(a) the fire in Malcolm's eyes.
(b) the newspaper reporters gathered there.
(c) the large, silent crowd outside the station.
(d) the noise coming from outside.

12. Why does Laura sound grateful for the subway money?
(a) so she doesn't have to turn another trick.
(b) so she doesn't have to beg on the streets.
(c) so she can get home before her old man.
(d) so her old man won't beat her when she gets home.

13. What is the symbolism of the boy entering the large white hotel?
(a) it represents servitude of the black man.
(b) it symbolized progress.
(c) it foreshadows the civil rights movement
(d) it represent a change in attitudes.

14. What does Malcolm say the Leader's letters did for him in prison?
(a) made him feel there was no hope.
(b) made him feel like the greatest black man.
(c) made him feel homewick for Luther.
(d) made him feel like the Leader doesn't understand.

15. When does Lorraine say she became a member of the Movement?
(a) soon after sydney was born.
(b) when she was sixteen-years-old.
(c) right after Luther came home.
(d) when Luther went to prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sidney?

2. What does Luther say about white men being devils?

3. Why do the men in the license plate shop cheer Luther?

4. What does Sydney say about black women in a Muslim household?

5. What does Luther say black Christians pray for?

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