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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. In Chapter 7, where was Shakur returned after the bank robbery trial?

2. In Chapter 3, how many letters a week was Shakur allowed to write?

3. In Chapter 5, how many years was Shakur's friend Phyllis facing in prison?

4. In Chapter 3, how much did Eva weigh?

5. What did the prison look like that Shakur was moved to at the beginning of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what was the apartment like where Shakur went the first night she ran away?

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

3. What did Shakur like to do on the weekends in Chapter 4?

4. Where was Shakur taken for incarceration in Chapter 5, and how did she describe what she saw as they drove in?

5. What did Shakur say about her early years in Chapter 2?

6. How did Joe treat Shakur in Chapter 4?

7. What type of mail did Shakur receive in Chapter 3?

8. Who demonstrated outside the courthouse one day in Chapter 7?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shakur considered herself to be a revolutionary and recorded a speech about revolution from prison. Why did Shakur believe that a revolution was needed, and how did she feel that revolution needed to unfold?

Essay Topic 2

Shakur’s daughter was born when Shakur was in prison. What type of relationship did Shakur have with her daughter and why was their relationship strained?

Essay Topic 3

Both Shakur and her mother had broken marriages. What factors put undue pressure on married Blacks, and how did those pressures cause marriages to fail?

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