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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. Whose family did Angela Davis spend time with in New York as a child?
(a) Margaret Burnham.
(b) Reverend and Mrs. Melish.
(c) James Jackson.
(d) Herbert Marcuse.

2. What was Angela Davis feeling when she was waiting to leave her location at the beginning of the book?
(a) Vulnerable.
(b) Confident.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Remorseful.

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

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

5. Where did Angela Davis's family move when Angela Davis was four?
(a) Paris.
(b) Center Street.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Angela Davis arrested?

2. What did Angela Davis's teachers tell her and her classmates?

3. Where did Angela Davis go from Chicago?

4. Who was with Angela Davis when the book begins?

5. Where had the deaths of McClain and Christmas and the other person taken place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Angela Davis's reaction to Malcolm X?

2. What was Angela Davis's experience of the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Angela Davis's teachers tell her about hard work, and what was Davis's response to them?

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

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

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