Saved Comprehension Questions

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1. Where did Elijah Muhammad live?

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2. What does Mr. Muhammad say the black prisoner symbolizes?

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3. What was the hardest test Malcolm X ever faced?

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4. Who did Malcolm begin writing to after learning more about the teachings of Mr.
Muhammad? What does he write them about?

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5. What government officials did Malcolm X write letters to?

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7. What does Malcolm do to improve both his handwriting and understanding of the English
language?

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8. What do the teachings of Mr. Muhammad say about the whitening of history?

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9. What reason does Malcolm X give for the spread of Mr. Muhammad’s teachings amongst
followers and non-followers alike?

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10. What books does Malcolm X find interesting? Who wrote them? Why does he find them
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11. What does Arnold Toynbee say about Europe? What does he say about Africa?

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12. Who is Nat Turner? What does Malcolm X tell us about Nat Turner?

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13. What does Nat Turner inspire?

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14. What do the books teach Malcolm X about the white man and civilizations?

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15. What did the British do in India?

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16. What was the first Opium War? Why was it declared? Who declared it?

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17. What did the Treaty of Nanking force China to do?

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18. What did the Tienstien Treaties legalize?

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19. What was the Chinese war cry in the Boxer Rebellion?

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20. What did the ability to read give Malcolm?

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21. What does Malcolm say black people need before civil rights?

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22. Who does Malcolm say laid the groundwork for Fascist and Nazi philosophy?
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23. What does Malcolm say he’d do if he were president of a black university?

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24. What is Malcolm’s baptism into public speaking?

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25. What does Reginald advise Malcolm to do while recruiting for Mr. Muhammad?

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26. Why does Malcolm argue the black prisoner is the best conditioned to hear the words, “The
white man is the devil?”

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27. Why does Malcolm begin to debate?

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28. What would Malcolm attempt to work into his speeches?

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29. What does Reginald do that shocks Malcolm?

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30. What changes does Malcolm see in his brother Reginald after he is suspended?

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31. Who does Malcolm think is changing his brother? What does he think Reginald’s purpose
was?

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32. What makes Malcolm X change what he thinks happened to Reginald? What does he think
was the true reason for his changing?

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33. Where does Malcolm spend his last year in prison?

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34. What class does Malcolm attend at the prison he is transferred to? What occurs in this
class?

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