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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Angela Davis say she researched in the library during high school?
(a) African history.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Literary criticism.
(d) Ancient mythology.

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

3. Where had the deaths of McClain and Christmas and the other person taken place?
(a) Echo Park.
(b) Marin County Courthouse.
(c) University of California.
(d) San Quentin Prison.

4. What was Angela Davis's mother doing in New York?
(a) Working on her masters degree.
(b) Organizing workers.
(c) Working for the Communist Party.
(d) Fleeing from McCarthyist persecution in the South.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization did most of Angela Davis's friends in Germany belong to?

2. What was Angela Davis trying on when the book begins?

3. Why didn't Angela Davis feel she could identify with Malcolm X?

4. Where was Angela Davis's high school?

5. What did the police confiscate at Franklin and Kendra Alexander's apartment?

(see the answer key)

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