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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. How did the judges handle Angela Davis's case?
(a) They helped the prosecution in every way they could, to avenge the murdered judge.
(b) They recused themselves because they knew the murdered judge.
(c) They forced the trial to be moved because it could not be fair when there was so much public outcry about it.
(d) They banded together in solidarity with the murdered judge.

2. How long was Angela Davis asked to remain in the court after she returned from lunch while the jury was out?
(a) Until the juror's attacker could be found.
(b) Until the hijacking situation was resolved.
(c) Until the judge felt better.
(d) Until the bomb threat could be resolved.

3. What state was the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee in when Martin Luther King was shot?
(a) Confidently organizing protests nation-wide.
(b) Riven with internal conflicts.
(c) Underfunded, with bad morale.
(d) Successful in bringing splinter groups together.

4. Where was Angela Davis moved to when her legal team requested a change of venue?
(a) Los Angeles County.
(b) Santa Cruz County.
(c) Santa Clara County.
(d) San Diego County.

5. Where was Angela Davis booked into jail in California?
(a) Marin County.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Angela Davis's jail conditions like after she was first moved to her new jail?

2. Who did Angela Davis get to handle pre-trial motions?

3. How did Angela Davis treat her trial?

4. What emergency caused Angela Davis's lawyer to have to leave the prison suddenly?

5. What did Angela Davis say about Jonathan Jackson in her opening statement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Angela Davis and her legal team learn about the Soledad Brothers during her trial?

2. What were the three charges against Angela Davis, and what were the three verdicts?

3. What act of terrorism seemed to involve Angela Davis during her trial?

4. What did the prosecution build its case against Angela Davis on?

5. What was Angela Davis's relationship with her co-defendant, Ruchell Magee?

6. How did Angela Davis's lawyers arrange to get Davis out of solitary confinement?

7. Describe Angela Davis's experience in London on her way back to America.

8. What did Angela Davis say in her opening statement to the jury?

9. Describe the conditions when Angela Davis arrived in the Santa Clara jail.

10. Where did Angela Davis go after she was free on bail?

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