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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Flames.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was with Angela Davis when the book begins?
(a) Jonathan Jackson.
(b) Helen.
(c) William Christmas.
(d) James McClain.

2. Who did Angela Davis feel closest to in college?
(a) Foreign students.
(b) White students.
(c) Black students.
(d) Her teachers.

3. What criticism did the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee national representative make of Angela Davis's leadership of the LA chapter?
(a) He said they should be teaching people the history of black people's conflict with whites.
(b) He said they should work on educating people with basic subjects, not advanced theory.
(c) He said they should provide job skills, not Marxist indoctrination.
(d) He said they should be providing food and necessaries to poor people.

4. Why was Angela Davis arrested in Berlin?
(a) She had lived with agitators in the East.
(b) She had become a member of the Communist Party in East Berlin.
(c) She had not gotten clearance when she moved.
(d) She had contraband from the East.

5. What was Angela Davis feeling when she was waiting to leave her location at the beginning of the book?
(a) Vulnerable.
(b) Remorseful.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Confident.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the raid on Franklin and Kendra Alexander's apartment related to the deaths that took place immediately before the moment the book opened?

2. Who approached Angela Davis as soon as she entered the conference in London?

3. How did the church bombing in Birmingham touch Angela Davis?

4. What was Angela Davis's family's class status?

5. How was Angela Davis received by the black movement in San Diego when she arrived there?

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