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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Why is Malcolm fired from his first job on the Boston-New York train line?
Hitting on white women
Selling sandwiches too aggressively
Getting friends free rides
Stealing food
2
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What is the slang term for the black gangsters left over from the 1920s and 1930s?
Original gangsters
Royal court
Old heads
Has-beens
3
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Why does Malcolm tell a psychiatrist that he wants to lead Southern blacks in murdering Southern whites?
To score medication
As a joke
To scare the psychiatrist
To avoid the draft
4
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Malcolm gets permanently blacklisted by the railroad for what offense?
Gambling
Public drinking
Pulling a gun
Soliciting prostitutes
5
of 5
Malcolm has a falling out with Sammy the pimp after ___.
Slapping Sammy's girl
Not paying a prostitute
Running rival prostitutes
Snitching to the cops
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