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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Soul on Ice, Initial Reactions to the Assassination of Malcolm X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Cleaver overriding desire when he heard about Malcolm X's death?
(a) Suicide
(b) Peace
(c) Revenge
(d) Sex

2. What happens three times a day?
(a) The prisoners say their prayers
(b) The prisoners are whipped
(c) A prisoner escapes
(d) The prisoners are counted

3. Why does Cleaver wake up earlier than the other inmates?
(a) To do his exercises
(b) To steal food
(c) To play squash
(d) To meditate

4. Where did Eldridge Cleaver serve his prison sentence?
(a) Georgia
(b) Folsom
(c) Brixton
(d) Alcatraz

5. What made people feel pride about being associated with Watts?
(a) The Nation of Islam
(b) The riots
(c) Kennedy's presidency
(d) The Vietnam War

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the inmates have three times a week?

2. What does Cleaver say he has access to on the honor block?

3. What reason does Cleaver give for being in love with his lawyer?

4. What did a man in San Quentin say Cleaver had in his eyes?

5. What does Cleaver say people expect him to be because of his crime?

(see the answer key)

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