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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. What does Malcolm carry to protect himself?
2. Who does Laura lie to in order to make the date with Malcolm?
3. Which character in this chapter wants to kill Malcolm?
4. What does Malcolm see in his sister for the first time?
5. What is the name of the West Indian introduced in this chapter?
Short Essay Questions
1. Summarize Chapter 6.
2. What is the main thing Malcolm says he gets out of dating a white woman?
3. In what way does Malcolm go about helping to change the Nation of Islam in Chapter 12?
4. In what way did Malcolm's prison education mold his later ideas?
5. In what way is Malcolm disillusioned with life in Chapter 8?
6. Briefly describe the history of Harlem outlined in this chapter.
7. In what way are Malcolm's problems getting worse in Chapter 8?
8. Why does Malcolm regret trying to change his hair into a conk style?
9. How does Malcolm avoid the draft?
10. What does Malcolm state are the differences in the concept of love between Western religions and Islam?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the values of the 1960s.
1) Why did Afro American politics come to the fore during this time ?
2) What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?
3)Does today's society share any values with 1960s America?
Essay Topic 2
Look at the Nation of Islam in the Sixties. What were people's views on the Nation of Islam? Was there any Nation of Islam literature?How was Nation of Islam presented in popular culture? Has this representation affected the way people think about the Nation of Islam today?
Essay Topic 3
Why did the slaves have their names changed upon arriving in America? What effect did it have on their families' identities?
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