View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Waters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the purpose of the rally Herbert Marcuse held?
(a) To get the government to withdraw its threats.
(b) To get the government to hold firm against Castro.
(c) To get the government to enter dialogue with Castro.
(d) To get the government to end its nuclear weapons program.

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

3. How many other freshmen were Black in Angela Davis's college class?
(a) Thirty-four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Seventeen.

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

5. When did the situation that brought Angela Davis to the circumstances that open the book begin?
(a) Two years earlier.
(b) Two days earlier.
(c) Three months earlier.
(d) Six months earlier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Angela Davis's high school?

2. When did Angela Davis and her companion plan to leave their location?

3. Where did Angela Davis steal from as a child?

4. What organization were Angela Davis's parents members of?

5. Describe Angela Davis's freshman year.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 250 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample