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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 did Angela Davis do with the money she stole as a child?
(a) Saved up to escape Birmingham.
(b) Bought food for her poor classmates.
(c) Donated to the Communist Party.
(d) Bought books.

2. When does the book begin?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1970.

3. How did Angela Davis and her friends show support for the organization her parents belonged to?
(a) By refusing to go to the back of the bus.
(b) By giving money to the poor.
(c) By studying hard and getting good grades.
(d) By eating in white-only restaurants.

4. Whom did Angela Davis go to see in Chicago?
(a) David Poindexter.
(b) The Soledad brothers.
(c) Hattie and John.
(d) Gerald Lefcourt.

5. Where did Angela Davis go when she left Birmingham?
(a) Fisk University.
(b) Parker High School.
(c) Chicago.
(d) American Friends high school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Angela Davis when the book began?

2. What did Angela Davis say were the two levels of prison existence?

3. What was Angela Davis doing when the book begins?

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

5. Why had Angela Davis lost her teaching position?

(see the answer key)

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