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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization did most of Angela Davis's friends in Germany belong to?
(a) The German Socialist League.
(b) The Black Liberation Movement.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The NAACP.

2. What was Angela Davis's feeling about Cuba when she was in Helsinki?
(a) She was appalled by conditions in Cuba.
(b) She was invited to travel there herself.
(c) She was impressed with the Cuban delegates.
(d) She was critical of the direction the Cuban revolution was taking.

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

4. Why was Angela Davis nervous about leaving her location?
(a) She was a wanted woman.
(b) She was not sure where to meet her contact.
(c) She was uncertain about the trip she was making.
(d) She was not sure she would have enough money for her trip.

5. What did Angela Davis learn about Birmingham when she was in New York?
(a) That it is impossible to live without racial tension, even in affluence.
(b) How segregated Birmingham was.
(c) That she could pass a white.
(d) That blacks in New York were as poor as in Birmingham.

6. Who owned and operated Angela Davis's high school?
(a) The state of Alabama.
(b) The parents.
(c) The teachers.
(d) The state of New York.

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

8. What was Angela Davis's mother's occupation?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Cleaning lady.
(d) Teacher.

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

10. What subject was Angela Davis tending toward during her term abroad?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) French.
(c) Politics.
(d) English.

11. How did Angela Davis travel to high school?
(a) By foot.
(b) By bus.
(c) By car.
(d) By train.

12. Why didn't Angela Davis leave the country?
(a) She wanted to be close to her family.
(b) She was afraid of being caught.
(c) She wanted to be close to the movement.
(d) She did not have a passport.

13. Where did Angela Davis's current situation begin?
(a) At a cocktail fundraiser for the SNCC of the Communist Party.
(b) At a house in West Adams, CA.
(c) At the O'Hare Airport in Chicago.
(d) In Greenwich Village, NY.

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

15. Who did Angela Davis feel closest to in college?
(a) Foreign students.
(b) White students.
(c) Her teachers.
(d) Black students.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were James McClain and William Christmas?

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

3. Whom did Angela Davis travel to Helsinki with?

4. What philosophy did Angela Davis write her dissertation on?

5. Where did Angela Davis want to go during her last year of high school?

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