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The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

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Chapters Three & Four

Chapters Five, Six & Seven

Chapters Eight & Nine

Chapters Ten & Eleven

Chapters Twelve & Thirteen

Chapters Fourteen, Fifteen & Sixteen

Chapters Seventeen, Eighteen & Nineteen

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The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

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1. Where was Malcolm X born?

(A) Omaha, Nebraska

(B) Milwaukee, Wisconsin

(D) Boston, Massachusetts

2. Why did white people murder Earl Little?

(A) He owed them money

(B) He slept with a white woman

(D) He was a Muslim

3. With whom does Malcolm live in Lansing?

(A) The Gohannases

(B) The Swerlins

(D) The Fords

4. In eighth grade, what does Malcolm declare he wishes to become?

(A) A doctor

(B) A teacher

(D) A lawyer

5. Who does Malcolm first meet in Boston after he moves in with Ella?

(A) Sammy the Pimp

(B) West Indian Archie

(D) Sophia

6. Where does Malcolm land his first job in Boston?

(A) The Savoy Ballroom

(B) The Roseland State Ballroom

(D) The Apollo Theater

7. Who raises Laura?

(A) The Swerlins

(B) Her mother

(D) Her grandmother

8. Why does Malcolm leave Laura?

(A) She is too wild

(B) He starts dating a white woman

(D) Ella prohibits Malcolm from seeing her

9. Why does Malcolm first get a railroad job?

(A) He hopes to see New York

(B) He wants to avoid the draft

(D) He plans on selling reefers to traveling musicians

10. What is Malcolm's first job in New York?

(A) Drug dealer

(B) Waiter at Small's Paradise

(D) Pimp

11. In Harlem, by what name does Malcolm become known?

(A) Lansing Slim

(B) Little the Pimp

(D) Satan

12. How does Malcolm initially try to evade the narcotics squad?

(A) By moving his business around

(B) By selling reefers on the railroad

(D) By selling through the mail

13. Of what does West Indian Archie accuse Malcolm?

(A) Selling bad dope

(B) Sleeping with his girlfriend

(D) Violating the codes of the Nation of Islam

14. How does Malcolm decide to support himself after he moves back to Boston?

(A) By dealing drugs

(B) By gambling

(D) By attending college

15. At Massachusetts State Prison, what do the other inmates call Malcolm?

(A) “X”

(B) “Satan”

(D) “Little”

16. Who converts Malcolm to Islam?

(A) Elijah Muhammad

(B) Ella

(D) Reginald

17. Where does Malcolm go after being released from prison?

(A) Boston

(B) New York

(D) Chicago

18. Where does Malcolm first see Elijah Muhammad?

(A) In a vision

(B) At a dinner at Wilfred's house

(D) At a meeting in Chicago

19. What is Malcolm's first official post in the Nation of Islam?

(A) The assistant minister at the Detroit temple

(B) The first National Minister

(D) The head minister of the New York temple

20. Who is Malcolm X's future wife?

(A) A white woman

(B) A minister at the Boston temple

(D) A jazz singer

21. On which program does the Nation of Islam first appear on network television?

(A) The Hate that Hate Produced

(B) The Black Muslims in America

(D) Self-Determination and Equal Rights for Blacks

22. What is Malcolm shocked to learn that Elijah Muhammad has done?

(A) Embezzled funds

(B) Committed adultery

(D) Spoken to the white media

23. After breaking with the Nation of Islam, what organization does Malcolm X found?

(A) The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

(B) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

(D) The Universal Negro Improvement Association

24. What does Malcolm do to his hair in order to blend into white society?

(A) He conks it

(B) He bleaches it

(D) He parts it to one side

25. Toward the end of his life, what does Malcolm believe?

(A) That he will live to a ripe old age

(B) That people will remember him for his change in viewpoint

(D) That he will reconcile with the Nation of Islam

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