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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were Franklin and Kendra Alexander charged with?
(a) Conspiracy to commit murder.
(b) Conspiracy to commit robbery.
(c) Inciting a revolt.
(d) Armed robbery.

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

4. What did the judge order at Angela Davis's arraignment hearing?
(a) That Angela Davis be held without bail.
(b) A dismissal.
(c) A gag order.
(d) Excessively high bail.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Angela Davis base her defense on, in part?

2. How did Angela Davis travel to high school?

3. How was Angela Davis involved in the police raid on Franklin and Kendra Alexander's apartment?

4. What was Angela Davis feeling when she was waiting to leave her location at the beginning of the book?

5. How was Angela Davis received by the black movement in San Diego when she arrived there?

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