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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 job does Shorty teach Malcolm how to perform?
(a) selling daily newspapers.
(b) becoming a pimp.
(c) men's room attendant at the Roseland Ballroom.
(d) as a porter at the train station.
2. Where does Louise tell little Malcolm he was born?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Omaha.
(c) Newark.
(d) Cincinnati.
3. What does Malcolm accuse Paul of wanting when he tries to fix him up with a girl?
(a) he wants to get revenge on the girl for jilting him.
(b) he wants Malcolm to get into trouble.
(c) he wants the girl to scream rape and send Malcolm to jail.
(d) if she puts out for Malcolm, she'll have to put out for Paul.
4. Why is Malcolm not at the Lancing High School dance?
(a) because he has no good clothes.
(b) because he is black.
(c) because he can't dance.
(d) because he has no money.
5. What is the name given to Malcolm during a fist fight in prison?
(a) Champ.
(b) Slugger.
(c) Loser.
(d) Satan.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Louise respond when she is called a half-white bitch by Klan members?
2. What does Shorty say the Harvard Law School is for?
3. Who does Louise face one night at suppertime?
4. What does Malcolm admit to Laura that made him proud when he was a little boy?
5. What does Archie say about writing down numbers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What stands in the way of Malcolm's marrying Laura?
2. What is the Klan's warning to Louise?
3. In another flashback, how does Malcolm see himself as a prisoner?
4. When the radio announces that Malcolm X will speak at the Audubon Ballroom, what does the viewer learn?
5. What comes out to explain Louise's fair complexion?
6. After his father is murdered and his mother placed in an asylum, what happens to Malcolm?
7. What image does the sight of a blonde woman crossing the street arouse in Malcolm?
8. What is Malcolm's ambition after he finishes high school?
9. Where did Alex Baldwin get the material to write the scenario?
10. What does Malcolm muse about as he thinks about his past?
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