Detroit Red Comprehension Questions

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1. What would Malcolm gamble his money on?
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2. Who were the two groups who the controller paid?
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3. What type of criminal activity did the Forty Thieves Gang partake in?
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4. What is the hustling society’s first rule?
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5. Who are Black Sammy, Bub Hewlett, King Padmore, and West Indian Archie?
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6. What does Jumpsteady force Malcolm and his associates to view everyday as?
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7. How did Jumpsteady get his nickname?
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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?
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9. Why is Malcolm X distrustful of women? What do you think about his reasoning?
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10. What does Malcolm say is true about all women? Do you agree or disagree?
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11. What does Malcolm’s friend Sammy say about white women?
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12. How does Malcolm X get the name Detroit Red?
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13. How does Malcolm get fired from Small’s?
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14. What makes Malcolm feel free?
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15. How did Sammy make women dependent on him?
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16. How does Malcolm use his railroad identification as the narcotics squad increase their
surveillance of him?
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17. What were the three things that scared Malcolm?
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18. What does Malcolm do to get rejected from the army?
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