Directions: Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

"Malcolm X"

1. In paragraph one, what does wicked mean?

2. According to paragraph one, why did Malcolm's family have a difficult life?

3. In paragraph two, what does burglary mean?

4. According to paragraph three, why did Malcolm X become famous?

5.According to paragraph four, why did Malcolm leave the Nation of Islam?

6. In paragraph five, what does this refer to?

7. In paragraph one, the word murdered means hated.

8. In paragraph two, the phrase dropped out of means quit.

9. In paragraph two, the word educate means to teach.

10. According to paragraph two, Malcolm X was twenty-five years old when he left prison in 1952.

11. In paragraph three, the word if refers to bad people.

12. According to paragraph three, the "X" is used because of American slavery.

13. In paragraph three, the word adopted means chose.

14. According to paragraph four, Elijah Muhammad taught Malcolm that true Muslims were brothers and sisters..

15. According to paragraph four, Malcolm changed his name to Al Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz while still in America.