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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X & Alex Haley
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Summary
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Summary & Analysis
Chapters One & Two
Chapters Three & Four
Chapters Five, Six & Seven
Chapters Eight & Nine
Chapters Ten & Eleven
Chapters Twelve & Thirteen
Chapters Fourteen, Fifteen & Sixteen
Chapters Seventeen, Eighteen & Nineteen
Epilogue
Characters
Character List
Malcolm as Malcolm Little
Malcolm as Detroit Red
Malcolm as Satan
Malcolm as Malcolm X
Malcolm as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
Main Ideas
Themes
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Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Chapters One & Two
Chapters Three & Four
Chapters Five, Six & Seven
Chapters Eight & Nine
Chapters Ten & Eleven
Chapters Twelve & Thirteen
Chapters Fourteen, Fifteen & Sixteen
Chapters Seventeen, Eighteen & Nineteen
Epilogue
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Chapters Five, Six & Seven Quiz
Further Study
Chapters Five, Six & Seven Quiz
1
of 5
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
of 5
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
of 5
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
of 5
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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