The answer is a.
The Populist Party was originally formed by farmers in response to the growing threat big companies had on them. So that rules out b through d.
If you want me to give you a more detailed explanation of the Populist Party, let me know because I just had a final on this in college. :)
The reader can infer that malcolm X had an overwhelming desire to learn
The phrase “You couldn’t have gotten me out of books with a wedge,” was written by Malcolm X when he's describing his experience in prison.
He wrote that he basically spent all of his time in prison by reading a book. He read books on library, during breaks , and on his bunks. He believed that even if other people threaten to beat him with a wedge if he does not stop reading the book, he'd still choose to read.
In some ways, we can take as evidence the fact that almost everyone in the western world now condemns the Holocaust, meaning that we have similarities that go beyond race, culture, and nationality.