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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Rocks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Angela Davis learning when she made her trip at the beginning of the book?
(a) How to organize a revolt.
(b) How not to be detected by cops.
(c) How to smuggle guns.
(d) How to liberate political prisoners.

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

3. What kind of lessons did Angela Davis take as a child?
(a) Ballet and piano.
(b) Trombone and saxophone.
(c) Debate and rhetoric.
(d) Violin and voice.

4. Where was Angela Davis arrested?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Detroit.
(c) New York.
(d) Miami.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization did Angela Davis join in high school?

2. What did Angela Davis learn about Birmingham when she was in New York?

3. Who were James McClain and William Christmas?

4. Who called Angela Davis after she was arrested?

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

(see the answer key)

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