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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Angela Davis want to go during her last year of high school?
(a) Chicago to work with the Students for a Democratic Society.
(b) Paris to study abroad.
(c) Birmingham to work in the civil rights movement.
(d) Canada to escape from American race tensions.

2. How did Angela Davis feel attending high school?
(a) Like an outsider.
(b) Like a despised minority.
(c) Like a valued contributor to the school's culture.
(d) Like one of the gang.

3. What was attractive about Fisk University?
(a) It would let Angela Davis escape from the race tensions.
(b) It had a pediatrics program.
(c) It was closer to home.
(d) It was fully-funded.

4. What did the judge order at Angela Davis's arraignment hearing?
(a) A gag order.
(b) A dismissal.
(c) Excessively high bail.
(d) That Angela Davis be held without bail.

5. How did Angela Davis travel to high school?
(a) By bus.
(b) By train.
(c) By foot.
(d) By car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Angela Davis's perspective on the Birmingham church bombing?

2. What was the border between black and white neighborhoods where Angela Davis lived with her family?

3. What kind of lessons did Angela Davis take as a child?

4. What did Angela Davis learn while she was waiting to be transferred to the courthouse?

5. What organization did most of Angela Davis's friends in Germany belong to?

(see the answer key)

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