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

2. Where did Angela Davis go when she left Birmingham?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Fisk University.
(c) American Friends high school.
(d) Parker High School.

3. Why was Angela Davis arrested in Berlin?
(a) She had not gotten clearance when she moved.
(b) She had contraband from the East.
(c) She had become a member of the Communist Party in East Berlin.
(d) She had lived with agitators in the East.

4. What did Angela Davis's teachers tell her and her classmates?
(a) Work hard and you will get ahead.
(b) Class warfare was inevitable.
(c) Education is the key to success.
(d) Learning effectively makes your skin whiter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Angela Davis's feeling about Cuba when she was in Helsinki?

2. What kind of lessons did Angela Davis take as a child?

3. What was the consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis at Angela Davis's college?

4. What was Angela Davis's reason for traveling to Helsinki?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Angela Davis study in high school?

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

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

4. Describe Angela Davis's childhood experience of racism.

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

6. Why had Angela Davis lost her teaching position at the University of California?

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

8. What was Angela Davis's experience in Paris?

9. Describe Angela Davis's relationship with her fellow prisoners.

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

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