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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sydney say about black women in a Muslim household?
(a) they are like queens.
(b) they are equal to men.
(c) they are subservient.
(d) they rule the roost.

3. What does Laura want instead of coffee?
(a) a drink.
(b) something to eat.
(c) just to talk.
(d) a glass of milk.

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

5. Over what does Malcolm challenge the Sunday Bible Teacher?
(a) whether Jesus actually raised from the dead.
(b) whether Jesus was nothing more than a prophet.
(c) whether Jesus actually lived.
(d) whether Jesus was white.

6. What is the metaphor of the wolves, rats, and swine in Luther's recounting of his brother's murder?
(a) the conflict of society.
(b) the uncleaness of his brother.
(c) the white people who killed him.
(d) a sign from a black God.

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

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

9. What does Laura say she did for Daniel?
(a) nursed him through sickness.
(b) bought drugs for him.
(c) turned tricks.
(d) cooked his meals.

10. Why does Lorraine think it is strange that Malcolm met her husband, Luther, in prison?
(a) she says he doesn't look old enough.
(b) she says Luther did not usually make friends in prison.
(c) she says he looks too clean cut.
(d) she says he looks like a preacher.

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

12. What does Luther tell Malcolm about Allah?
(a) that Allah put people in the sun to make them dark.
(b) that Allah created only black people.
(c) that God is black.
(d) that God is color blind.

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

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

15. At the police station the night Hinton is beaten, what is the symbolism of the Muslim ministers?
(a) they symbolize new power.
(b) they symbolize a new age.
(c) they symbolize the ability to hold the mob back.
(d) they symbolize the antithesis of the Ku Klux Klan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lights Malcolm's cigarette when his hand is bandaged?

2. What does Luther tell Malcolm before he leaves the prison?

3. Why is Malcolm led away by the prison guards?

4. What is everyone saying about Malcolm as he refuses to eat pork?

5. What does Malcolm tell Luther was the only time he ever went down on his knees?

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