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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. How much older was Shakur than her sister?
2. In Chapter 7, how long did Shakur's gynecologist think she needed to be on bedrest?
3. In Chapter 7, where was Shakur returned after the bank robbery trial?
4. In Chapter 10, when did Shakur first hear someone talk about the U.S. government like someone would discuss a criminal?
5. In Chapter 4, where did Shakur's stepfather work?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of mail did Shakur receive in Chapter 3?
2. Why were the women at Riker's Island surprised by Shakur's appearance?
3. How did Shakur describe the Morristown Jail?
4. In Chapter 3, why did Mrs. Butterworth say that Shakur could not come out of her cell?
5. What did Shakur feel and hear at the beginning of Chapter 1?
6. In Chapter 1, where did the detectives take Shakur and what did they tell her after her x-rays?
7. Where did Shakur move with her mother and sister in Chapter 6, and what did it look like?
8. In Chapter 10, what job did Evelyn help Shakur get and how did Shakur describe the job?
9. How did people live on 84th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus in Chapter 8?
10. Why did Shakur say that marriage between a Black man and woman was difficult?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Shakur met many individuals who were well-known for their fight for Black rights. Who were some of these individuals and how did they influence her beliefs and the way she lived her life?
Essay Topic 2
Shakur’s defense team could not find experts to testify on her behalf for the New Jersey trial. Why was it not possible to find experts to testify, and how did the lack of experts affect the verdict of the trial?
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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