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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Study Guide
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
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
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
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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
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
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Chapters Eight & Nine Quiz
Further Study
Chapters Eight & Nine Quiz
1
of 5
Why does Malcolm stop importing bootlegged liquor for the Jewish businessman that he likes?
His boss mysteriously disappears
Malcolm is arrested
The laws change
Malcolm sleeps with his wife
2
of 5
Who is not out to get Malcolm right before he heads back to Boston?
The cops
The Russian mob
West Indian Archie
The Italian Racketeers
3
of 5
Who begins sleeping with Sophia's seventeen-year-old sister?
Malcolm
Reggie
Sammy
Shorty
4
of 5
Where is Malcolm when the police arrest him?
A pool hall
A brothel
A dance hall
A pawn shop
5
of 5
Even though he is arrested for burglary, the police are more concerned with interrogating Malcolm about his ___.
History running numbers
Family members
Relationships with white women
Religious beliefs
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