1. The document contains comprehension questions about the book "Detroit Red" by Malcolm X. It asks the reader about details like characters, events, Malcolm's views and activities.
2. Questions focus on Malcolm's gambling, criminal gangs in Harlem, the rules of hustling society, how Malcolm got nicknames and jobs, what people needed to survive in Harlem, his distrust of women.
3. The passage provides insight into Malcolm's life as a hustler and criminal in Detroit and Harlem during the 1940s through various questions about the book's plot and themes.
1. The document contains comprehension questions about the book "Detroit Red" by Malcolm X. It asks the reader about details like characters, events, Malcolm's views and activities.
2. Questions focus on Malcolm's gambling, criminal gangs in Harlem, the rules of hustling society, how Malcolm got nicknames and jobs, what people needed to survive in Harlem, his distrust of women.
3. The passage provides insight into Malcolm's life as a hustler and criminal in Detroit and Harlem during the 1940s through various questions about the book's plot and themes.
1. The document contains comprehension questions about the book "Detroit Red" by Malcolm X. It asks the reader about details like characters, events, Malcolm's views and activities.
2. Questions focus on Malcolm's gambling, criminal gangs in Harlem, the rules of hustling society, how Malcolm got nicknames and jobs, what people needed to survive in Harlem, his distrust of women.
3. The passage provides insight into Malcolm's life as a hustler and criminal in Detroit and Harlem during the 1940s through various questions about the book's plot and themes.
1. The document contains comprehension questions about the book "Detroit Red" by Malcolm X. It asks the reader about details like characters, events, Malcolm's views and activities.
2. Questions focus on Malcolm's gambling, criminal gangs in Harlem, the rules of hustling society, how Malcolm got nicknames and jobs, what people needed to survive in Harlem, his distrust of women.
3. The passage provides insight into Malcolm's life as a hustler and criminal in Detroit and Harlem during the 1940s through various questions about the book's plot and themes.
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Detroit Red Comprehension Questions
Name ____________________________________________________ Date ____ Section ____
1. What would Malcolm gamble his money on? ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Who were the two groups who the controller paid? a. ___________________ b. ___________________ 3. What type of criminal activity did the Forty Thieves Gang partake in? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is the hustling society’s first rule? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Who are Black Sammy, Bub Hewlett, King Padmore, and West Indian Archie? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. What does Jumpsteady force Malcolm and his associates to view everyday as? ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. How did Jumpsteady get his nickname? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. What did the people of Harlem need to survive? What did the people of Harlem need in order to forget what they had to do to survive? a. ______________________________________ b. ______________________________________ 9. Why is Malcolm X distrustful of women? What do you think about his reasoning? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 10. What does Malcolm say is true about all women? Do you agree or disagree? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 11. What does Malcolm’s friend Sammy say about white women? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 12. How does Malcolm X get the name Detroit Red? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 13. How does Malcolm get fired from Small’s? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 14. What makes Malcolm feel free? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 15. How did Sammy make women dependent on him? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 16. How does Malcolm use his railroad identification as the narcotics squad increase their surveillance of him? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 17. What were the three things that scared Malcolm? a. ___________________________ b. ___________________________ c. ___________________________ 18. What does Malcolm do to get rejected from the army? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________