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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization were Angela Davis's parents members of?

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

3. Who did Angela Davis feel closest to in college?

4. Where had Angela Davis been teaching before the time the book began?

5. What was Angela Davis's family's class status?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Angela Davis's high school.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the primary reasons for resistance to the Civil Rights movement in America? Who were the primary parties resisting the integration of blacks into equal treatment in society? What were these people's fears, and what did they stand to lose by integration?

Essay Topic 2

How were black American Communists different from other Communists around the world? How were their goals similar? How were they opposed? How was the Civil Rights movement irreconcilable with the Communists' goals?

Essay Topic 3

Write a review of the book. What are the book's strengths and weaknesses? What were its goals and methods? Did it achieve them?

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