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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who approached Angela Davis as soon as she entered the conference in London?
(a) The Black Panthers.
(b) Cuban students.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) The Black Power group.

2. What organization were Angela Davis's parents members of?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) Students for a Democratic Society.
(c) Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
(d) The NAACP.

3. What did Ruchell Magee do when his petition for removal was denied?
(a) Pursued it.
(b) Worked with Angela Davis.
(c) Prepared a case for federal court.
(d) Separated his case from Angela Davis'.

4. Why was Angela Davis's neighborhood called Dynamite Hill?
(a) Because it had 'dynamite' views.
(b) Because it was near a blasting zone.
(c) Because it was a center of race riots.
(d) Because black families' houses kept being dynamited there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Angela Davis's status as a leader in the Black movement?

2. Who had been killed two days prior to the moment when the book begins?

3. Where did Angela Davis's family move when Angela Davis was four?

4. What subject was Angela Davis tending toward during her term abroad?

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

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