PRACTICE READING TEST ON “LEARNING TO READ”
Directions: Read the following questions from the essay “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X. Select the best answers from the choices provided and write the letter indicating your choice on your answer sheet. Use only CAPITAL letters.
(AOC = All of Choices / NOC = None of Choices)
Questions on the preface
1. What was Malcolm X’s original last name? A) Smith B) Muhammad C) El-Shabazz D) Parkhurst E) NOC
2. What crime did Malcolm commit which caused him to go to prison? A) murder B) extortion C) robbery D) grand-theft
auto E) selling drugs
3. How long was Malcolm sentenced to prison? A) 2 years B) 4 years C) 5 years D) 6 years E) 7 years
4. When did Malcolm become a disciple of Elijah Muhammad? A) When he was in the streets. B) When he was born.
C) When he was in prison. D) When he was released from prison. E) When he returned from Mecca.
5. What was Elijah Muhammad the founder of? A) Nation of Blacks B) Black Nationalism C) Civil Rights D) El Hajj
E) NOC
6. Which two adjectives were used to describe Malcolm as was during the 1960’s? A) intelligent; religious B) racist; hateful
C) articulate, powerful D) wise; respectful E) ignorant; illiterate
7. What is the name of the philosophy which urged black Americans to cut ties to the white community? A) black capitalism
B) black separatism C) black extremism D) black unity E) black pride
8. All of the following are ties that black separatists wanted to break with the white community except: A) religious
B) political C) social D) economic E) AOC are correct
9. When did Malcolm X become an orthodox Muslim? A) after a pilgrimage to Mecca B) in 1964 C) in 1965 D) after he
adopted the name El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz E) A and B
10. All of the following occurred after Malcolm’s trip to Meccaexcept: A) He distanced himself from the teachings of the
Muslims. B) He adopted a Muslim name. C) He became an orthodox Muslim. D) He distanced himself from the
teachings of the Black Muslims. D) AOC are correct
11. How did Malcolm X’s cause of death? A) Disease B) Car Accident C) Assassination D) Old Age E) Cancer
12. Who coauthored Malcolm X’s autobiography? A) Elijah Muhammad B) El Hajj C) Malik El-Shabazz D) Alex Haley
E) NOC
13. What year did Malcolm X die? A) 1925 B) 1946 C) 1964 D) 1968 E) NOC
PRACTICE READING TEST ON “LEARNING TO READ”
Directions: Read the following questions from the essay “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X. Select the best answers from the choices provided and write the letter indicating your choice on your answer sheet. Use only CAPITAL letters.
(AOC = All of Choices / NOC = None of Choices)
Questions on the preface
1. What was Malcolm X’s original last name? A) Smith B) Muhammad C) El-Shabazz D) Parkhurst E) NOC
2. What crime did Malcolm commit which caused him to go to prison? A) murder B) extortion C) robbery D) grand-theft
auto E) selling drugs
3. How long was Malcolm sentenced to prison? A) 2 years B) 4 years C) 5 years D) 6 years E) 7 years
4. When did Malcolm become a disciple of Elijah Muhammad? A) When he was in the streets. B) When he was born.
C) When he was in prison. D) When he was released from prison. E) When he returned from Mecca.
5. What was Elijah Muhammad the founder of? A) Nation of Blacks B) Black Nationalism C) Civil Rights D) El Hajj
E) NOC
6. Which two adjectives were used to describe Malcolm as was during the 1960’s? A) intelligent; religious B) racist; hateful
C) articulate, powerful D) wise; respectful E) ignorant; illiterate
7. What is the name of the philosophy which urged black Americans to cut ties to the white community? A) black capitalism
B) black separatism C) black extremism D) black unity E) black pride
8. All of the following are ties that black separatists wanted to break with the white community except: A) religious
B) political C) social D) economic E) AOC are correct
9. When did Malcolm X become an orthodox Muslim? A) after a pilgrimage to Mecca B) in 1964 C) in 1965 D) after he
adopted the name El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz E) A and B
10. All of the following occurred after Malcolm’s trip to Meccaexcept: A) He distanced himself from the teachings of the
Muslims. B) He adopted a Muslim name. C) He became an orthodox Muslim. D) He distanced himself from the
teachings of the Black Muslims. D) AOC are correct
11. How did Malcolm X’s cause of death? A) Disease B) Car Accident C) Assassination D) Old Age E) Cancer
12. Who coauthored Malcolm X’s autobiography? A) Elijah Muhammad B) El Hajj C) Malik El-Shabazz D) Alex Haley
E) NOC
13. What year did Malcolm X die? A) 1925 B) 1946 C) 1964 D) 1968 E) NOC