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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Nets.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were James McClain and William Christmas?
(a) They were prisoners.
(b) They were innocent bystanders.
(c) They were wardens.
(d) They were deputies.

2. What did Angela Davis say were the two levels of prison existence?
(a) The political prisoner culture and the other prisoners' culture.
(b) The police culture and the guard culture.
(c) The prisoners with appeals and the life prisoners.
(d) The official rules and the prisoner culture.

3. Why had Angela Davis lost her teaching position?
(a) Because of her radical opinions.
(b) Because of her association with Franklin and Kendra Alexander.
(c) Because of her Communist Party membership.
(d) Because she was wanted by the police.

4. Where was Angela Davis going at the beginning of the book?
(a) Main County Courthouse.
(b) West Adams.
(c) Echo Park.
(d) Chicago.

5. What were Franklin and Kendra Alexander charged with?
(a) Armed robbery.
(b) Conspiracy to commit murder.
(c) Conspiracy to commit robbery.
(d) Inciting a revolt.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the book begin?

2. When did the situation that brought Angela Davis to the circumstances that open the book begin?

3. Where had the deaths of McClain and Christmas and the other person taken place?

4. Why didn't Angela Davis leave the country?

5. Where was Angela Davis arrested?

(see the answer key)

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