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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Walls.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization did Angela Davis join in high school?
(a) Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
(b) Communist Party.
(c) Students for a Democratic Society.
(d) Advance.

2. What was the level of involvement in the Civil Rights movement in Angela Davis's high school?
(a) There were race riots and sit-ins.
(b) There was very little interest.
(c) The students organized racial cooperation.
(d) There were non-violent protests.

3. What organization were Angela Davis's parents members of?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) Students for a Democratic Society.
(c) The NAACP.
(d) Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee.

4. Where did Angela Davis go when she left Birmingham?
(a) Fisk University.
(b) Chicago.
(c) American Friends high school.
(d) Parker High School.

5. What was Angela Davis's personality like in school?
(a) She was aloof and solitary.
(b) She always stepped into confrontations.
(c) She was dabbling in different occupational tracks.
(d) She was bookish and shy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did Angela Davis identify with the Black Power movement?

2. What was Angela Davis's feeling about Cuba when she was in Helsinki?

3. Describe Angela Davis's return to the U.S. from Helsinki.

4. What was Angela Davis impression of race relations in London?

5. Who had been killed two days prior to the moment when the book begins?

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