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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 Black Liberation Movement.
(b) The NAACP.
(c) The German Socialist League.
(d) The Communist Party.

2. How did Angela Davis feel attending high school?
(a) Like a valued contributor to the school's culture.
(b) Like a despised minority.
(c) Like one of the gang.
(d) Like an outsider.

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

4. Why didn't Angela Davis join the communist movement at her college?
(a) She did not have time with her activities.
(b) She was not sympathetic with the communists.
(c) She felt alienated.
(d) She would have lost her funding.

5. What was Angela Davis's family's class status?
(a) Outcast.
(b) Poor.
(c) Middle-class.
(d) Wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Angela Davis and her friends show support for the organization her parents belonged to?

2. Where did Angela Davis go from Chicago?

3. Who were James McClain and William Christmas?

4. Why didn't Angela Davis leave the country?

5. Where did Angela Davis meet her friends in Europe before going to Helsinki?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Angela Davis's high school.

3. What was Angela Davis's personality like when she was young?

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

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

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

7. Describe Angela Davis's trip from New York to Helsinki.

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

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

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

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