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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Luther write about Malcolm?

2. Why does Lorraine think it is strange that Malcolm met her husband, Luther, in prison?

3. What does Shorty think Malcolm is doing with his religious talk?

4. How does Malcolm introduce himself at the police station?

5. What does Luther tell Malcolm about Allah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who gets beaten badly although he had nothing to do with the original fight?

2. What is the result of Malcolm's taking the group of ministers to the jail?

3. Who are Betty's students in the class?

4. Who calls Malcolm to the scene?

5. Who does Malcolm meet at the subway later one night?

6. As the second part opens, what is happening to Malcolm?

7. What does Luther tell Malcolm about?

8. What happens when the white policemen arrive at the fight?

9. What does Malcolm discover when he gets to the scene of the fight?

10. Why are Luther, Sidney, and Malcolm waiting outside a classroom one day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on What Malcolm Might Have Said. From indications in the scenario, find two or three points that Malcolm might have intended to cover in his Audubon Ballroom speech. Discuss each point in detail, giving examples from the scenario.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on What People Pray For. Refer to Luther's comment that black people pray to have in heaven what white people have on Earth. Discuss the materialism in such prayers. Examine how the statement is a generalization that does not consider what white people pray for. Finally, discuss how prayer for supremacy and oppression amounts only to mere words.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on Mistaken Generalizations. Point out in your essay how the idea of the white devil translated into hate for the entire race of white people. Discuss how the same is true in reverse. Make a case for judging people by their actions rather than their ethnicity.

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