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

2. Where was Angela Davis when the book began?
(a) Echo Park.
(b) West Adams.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Main County Courthouse.

3. What did Angela Davis say were the two levels of prison existence?
(a) The official rules and the prisoner culture.
(b) The prisoners with appeals and the life prisoners.
(c) The political prisoner culture and the other prisoners' culture.
(d) The police culture and the guard culture.

4. Describe Angela Davis's return to the U.S. from Helsinki.
(a) She was arrested.
(b) She was questioned by police.
(c) She was questioned by the FBI.
(d) She returned without incident.

5. What did Angela Davis say she researched in the library during high school?
(a) Socialism.
(b) African history.
(c) Ancient mythology.
(d) Literary criticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Angela Davis choose the major she chose?

2. What conclusion did Angela Davis draw after her trip to Helsinki?

3. Why didn't Angela Davis join the communist movement at her college?

4. How many other freshmen were Black in Angela Davis's college class?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Angela Davis at the beginning of the book, and where was she going?

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

3. What was Angela Davis's family's status when she was a child, and her did her status affect her?

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

5. Describe Angela Davis's arrival at college.

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

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

8. Describe Angela Davis's experience at the Helsinki festival.

9. What was Angela Davis's relationship with America while she was in Europe?

10. What was Angela Davis's first experience of life outside the South, free of racism?

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