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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first terrifying image from Malcolm's childhood?
(a) images of a great fire in his neighborhood.
(b) the burning down of his father's church.
(c) Ku Klux Klan members threatening his mother.
(d) his father being whipped by the Klan.

2. What does Malcolm say about Miss Stella who says she is with an old family?
(a) she cleans their toilets and cooks their food.
(b) she walks their dogs.
(c) she washes their windows every Saturday.
(d) she babysits their small children.

3. How does Louise respond when she is called a half-white bitch by Klan members?
(a) that she is proof blacks and whites can get along.
(b) that she might be their daughter or sister.
(c) that she is proud of her black culture.
(d) that she is more whte than they are.

4. What prophetic dream does Malcolm tell Laura he used to have?
(a) speaking in front of a large crowd of people.
(b) doing something to help his parents not work so hard.
(c) marrying a girl just like her.
(d) flying in the sky like a bird.

5. Who does Malcolm come across in Small's Paradise Bar?
(a) Sophia.
(b) Ada.
(c) West Indies Archie.
(d) Cadillac.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Sophia?

3. How does Archie outfit Malcolm with new clothes?

4. What rule does Mrs. Swerlin say she got from her father and that she lives by?

5. What does Shorty say the Harvard Law School is for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dramatic technique does Baldwin use to set up the background of the movie?

2. What comes out to explain Louise's fair complexion?

3. Where did Alex Baldwin get the material to write the scenario?

4. What are the two religious books where Malcolm's name is written?

5. Unable to pursue his dream, what happens to Malcolm?

6. What is the Klan's warning to Louise?

7. What is the opening sequence in the screenplay?

8. In another flashback, how does Malcolm see himself as a prisoner?

9. How does Malcolm recall his father?

10. What does Malcolm muse about as he thinks about his past?

(see the answer keys)

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