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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 was the date of the shooting that Shakur was accused of committing?

2. What was the gynecologist's name who examined Shakur in Chapter 7?

3. What hotel did Shakur think she checked into after her first job in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 5, how long had Shakur been in prison?

5. Where was Shakur taken after she had x-rays in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What indictments were outstanding for Shakur in Chapter 5?

2. How did Shakur get her first office job?

3. In Chapter 2, what instructions would Shakur's grandmother give her when she was sent to the store?

4. What issues did Shakur have during her pregnancy in Chapter 9?

5. How did Shakur describe the Morristown Jail?

6. What was Evelyn's apartment like in Chapter 8?

7. In Chapter 1, how did a nurse come to Shakur's aid?

8. How did people live on 84th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus in Chapter 8?

9. What type of treatment did Shakur receive when she was hospitalized at the beginning of Chapter 9?

10. What did Shakur's cell look like in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During a traffic stop and shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike, Shakur’s rights were ignored as she lay bleeding by the side of the road. How were Shakur’s rights ignored both as she lay injured on the side of the road and when she was hospitalized?

Essay Topic 2

Shakur enthusiastically became involved with the New York Black Panther Party. Why did she become disillusioned with the Party and decide to leave?

Essay Topic 3

Shakur lived in the South with her grandparents when her mother was getting her college degree. There were places that Blacks were not allowed to go. What types of segregation did Shakur see when she lived in the South? How did that segregation affect her and her family?

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