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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 Angela Davis join in high school?
(a) Communist Party.
(b) Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
(c) Students for a Democratic Society.
(d) Advance.

2. Where did Angela Davis grow up?
(a) Los Angeles, CA.
(b) New York.
(c) Birmingham, AL.
(d) Chicago, IL.

3. What was the purpose of the rally Herbert Marcuse held?
(a) To get the government to withdraw its threats.
(b) To get the government to enter dialogue with Castro.
(c) To get the government to hold firm against Castro.
(d) To get the government to end its nuclear weapons program.

4. Whom did Angela Davis try to free from the police?
(a) Franklin and Kendra Alexander.
(b) Carolyn Craven.
(c) Her roommate Tamu Ushindi.
(d) The Soledad brothers.

5. Who had been killed two days prior to the moment when the book begins?
(a) Kendra Alexander.
(b) Robert Lohman.
(c) Franklin Alexander.
(d) Jonathan Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Angela Davis when the Civil Rights movement began?

2. Where did Angela Davis study for her junior year?

3. What did the police confiscate at Franklin and Kendra Alexander's apartment?

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

5. Whose family did Angela Davis spend time with in New York as a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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 relationship with America while she was in Europe?

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

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

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

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

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