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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. Why did Angela Davis feel that blacks needed to avoid a conflict with police in Los Angeles?

2. In what way did Angela Davis identify with the Black Power movement?

3. What was Angela Davis's relationship with Rap Brown?

4. What did Angela Davis base her defense on, in part?

5. What did Angela Davis learn while she was waiting to be transferred to the courthouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the prosecution build its case against Angela Davis on?

2. What was the mood among Davis's legal team when the verdicts were read?

3. What did Angela Davis and her legal team learn about the Soledad Brothers during her trial?

4. What happened that allowed Angela Davis to be set free on bail?

5. What role did Angela Davis play in the Black Panthers Political Party?

6. Describe the conditions when Angela Davis arrived in the Santa Clara jail.

7. What was the relationship between different black liberation organizations when Angela Davis returned to California?

8. What were the three charges against Angela Davis, and what were the three verdicts?

9. Describe the lunch Angela Davis had while the jury was deliberating.

10. What did Angela Davis say in her opening statement to the jury?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Angela Davis's family with the people with whom she fought in the Civil Rights movement. How are the families different? How are they similar? How did Angela Davis treat the two "families" differently?

Essay Topic 3

Was Angela Davis's life evidence of the dictum her teachers told her in school, that if you work hard you will get ahead?

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