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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were James McClain and William Christmas?
(a) They were deputies.
(b) They were innocent bystanders.
(c) They were prisoners.
(d) They were wardens.

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

3. What is Angela Davis learning when she made her trip at the beginning of the book?
(a) How to liberate political prisoners.
(b) How to organize a revolt.
(c) How not to be detected by cops.
(d) How to smuggle guns.

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

5. Where was Angela Davis when Kennedy was assassinated?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Angela Davis lost her teaching position?

2. Why was Angela Davis arrested in Berlin?

3. Describe Angela Davis's freshman year.

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

5. Where did Angela Davis go to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the decision that led Angela Davis out of Birmingham.

2. What was Angela Davis's experience of the Birmingham church bombings?

3. What was it like for Angela Davis during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

4. What did Angela Davis attribute her current situation to?

5. Describe Angela Davis's trip to New York for school.

6. With whom did Angela Davis hide while she was running from the police?

7. Where was Angela Davis kept when she was in prison, and when was she moved?

8. What conclusions did Angela Davis reach as a result of her time in Helsinki?

9. Describe Angela Davis's travels in Germany.

10. Why was Angela Davis in hiding at the beginning of the book?

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