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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Flames.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the purpose of the two West Coast meetings of the Black Liberation Movement?
(a) To organize for future regional unity.
(b) To oppose the Vietnam War.
(c) To demand Huey Newton's freedom.
(d) To demand a trial for the murder of Gregory Clark.

3. What happens when Angela Davis and two other women take over the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee LA chapter?
(a) Men in the Black Liberation Movement feel undermined.
(b) Men in the SNCC form their own organization.
(c) Women members withdraw from the SNCC under pressure from the men.
(d) Men in the Black Panthers harden their sexist rhetoric.

4. What was the consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis at Angela Davis's college?
(a) James Baldwin's lectures were cancelled.
(b) Communist students were expelled.
(c) School was closed.
(d) Herbert Marcuse's lectures were cancelled.

5. What kind of response to racism did Angela Davis believe would go nowhere?
(a) Emotional or angry responses.
(b) Peaceful responses.
(c) Calculated, articulate responses.
(d) Diplomatic responses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Angela Davis feel attending high school?

2. What did Angela Davis say she researched in the library during high school?

3. Where did Angela Davis's current situation begin?

4. Why didn't Angela Davis leave the country?

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

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