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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what was the name of the hearing officer who was to review Shakur's jail conditions?
(a) Witowsky.
(b) Plotsky.
(c) Rashnik.
(d) Ploshnik.

2. In Chapter 18, what was the name of the lawyer who died?
(a) Lennox Hines.
(b) Benjamin Peters.
(c) Adam Cochran.
(d) Stanley Cohen.

3. In Chapter 19, where had the Nazis in Shakur's unit at prison been sent from?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Georgia.
(d) California.

4. In Chapter 13, what type of transportation did the doctor Shakur worked for use to get to the place where he volunteered?
(a) An old school bus.
(b) Volkswagen Bug.
(c) Motorcycle.
(d) A pickup truck.

5. What did Shakur's mother-in-law do?
(a) Administrative assistant.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Homemaker.
(d) Teacher.

6. In Chapter 13, when the New York Black Panthers were arrested, how much ransom was asked for each one?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $75,000.
(d) $100,000.

7. In Chapter 14, when was Shakur taken to the Manhattan Correctional Center?
(a) December 11, 1975.
(b) January 5, 1976.
(c) March 29, 1976.
(d) February 4, 1976.

8. In Chapter 18, where was the case for the Queens bank robbery held?
(a) Manhattan Federal Court.
(b) Long Island Federal Court.
(c) Brooklyn Federal Court.
(d) Rochester Federal Court.

9. In Chapter 20, where was Shakur imprisoned?
(a) Albion Correctional Facility, New York.
(b) Clinton Correctional Facility, New Jersey.
(c) Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, New York.
(d) Danbury Federal Correctional Facility, Connecticut.

10. In Chapter 18, who was the New Jersey lawyer who agreed to be the admitting lawyer for Shakur?
(a) Steven Rankin.
(b) Michael Phillips.
(c) Stuart Ball.
(d) Morris Zeller.

11. In Chapter 19, when was Shakur transferred to a maximum security prison for women?
(a) May 3, 1978.
(b) April 8, 1978.
(c) May 21, 1978.
(d) March 11, 1978.

12. In Chapter 19, who was the fellow prisoner who helped Shakur better understand many issues in the white women's liberation movement?
(a) Amanda Randall.
(b) Maria Davis.
(c) Rita Brown.
(d) Jane Alpert.

13. In Chapter 19 when the MSU was closed down, where did Shakur get a job in the prison?
(a) Cleaning crew.
(b) Library crew.
(c) Kitchen crew.
(d) General mechanic's crew.

14. In Chapter 15, what was Joan Bird's bail?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $150,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $125,000.

15. What was the name of a Mississippi lawyer who the Conference of Black Lawyers assigned to work on Shakur's case?
(a) Peter Brown.
(b) Lewis Myers.
(c) Charles Davidson.
(d) Edward Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, how old was Ronald Myers?

2. In Chapter 15, how many years in prison was Joan Bird facing?

3. When did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that Blacks were only three-fifths of a man?

4. In Chapter 18, what was the name of the Black judge who was removed from the criminal court bench in New York because he was too fair and honest?

5. How old was Shakur's daughter at the beginning of Chapter 20?

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