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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Angela Davis when the book began?
(a) Main County Courthouse.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Echo Park.
(d) West Adams.

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

3. What did Angela Davis see on the news in Detroit?
(a) A report that she had been seen at her parents' house.
(b) News that David Poindexter was in custody.
(c) A report on her crimes.
(d) News that her parents had been arrested.

4. Where was Angela Davis sent right before Christmas 1970?
(a) The mental ward.
(b) The general prison population.
(c) California.
(d) Chicago.

5. What philosophy did Angela Davis write her dissertation on?
(a) Marcuse.
(b) Foucault.
(c) Marx.
(d) Carmichael.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Angela Davis and her friends show support for the organization her parents belonged to?

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

3. What was the atmosphere in the Davis home after they moved when Angela Davis was four?

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

5. Who owned and operated Angela Davis's high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusions did Angela Davis reach as a result of her time in Helsinki?

2. Describe Angela Davis's trip to New York for school.

3. Describe the decision that led Angela Davis out of Birmingham.

4. Describe Angela Davis's childhood experience of racism.

5. Describe Angela Davis's relationship with her fellow prisoners.

6. What movement had Angela Davis been involved in when she went into hiding from the police?

7. Describe the conditions of Angela Davis's arrest.

8. What was Angela Davis's experience of the Birmingham church bombings?

9. What was Angela Davis's relationship with America while she was in Europe?

10. With whom did Angela Davis hide while she was running from the police?

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