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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 does Shorty say the Harvard Law School is for?
(a) turning out lawyers to defend the Constitution.
(b) turning out lawyers to defend black people.
(c) turning out lawyers to keep black people in jail.
(d) turning out lawyers to become judges.

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

3. What is the news Judge Merritt brings to Malcolm at the Swerlin house?
(a) that he will not have to go to the reform school.
(b) that his mother attempted suicide.
(c) that he will still have to serve out his sentence.
(d) that he will have two more years of probation.

4. What is the name given to Malcolm during a fist fight in prison?
(a) Satan.
(b) Champ.
(c) Slugger.
(d) Loser.

5. What does Malcolm have to say about his names?
(a) I have names given by God.
(b) My name is Legion.
(c) I have no name really.
(d) I have had so many names.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Malcolm think they might make him class president at school?

2. Malcolm says "That cat who says he's in utilities actually is in utilities ___________________________."

3. What does Archie say about writing down numbers?

4. What city had Laura never heard of?

5. As Malcolm holds Laura's hand, why does she shiver?

Short Essay Questions

1. What image does the sight of a blonde woman crossing the street arouse in Malcolm?

2. How does Malcolm recall his father?

3. After his father is murdered and his mother placed in an asylum, what happens to Malcolm?

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

5. Whose voice do the viewers hear saying, "Brothers, sisters, this is not our home! Our homeland is in Africa! In Africa!"

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

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

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

9. What is the opening sequence in the screenplay?

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

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