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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 16, when were two police machine-gunned on Riverside Drive?
2. In Chapter 19, where was the maximum security prison that Shakur was sent to?
3. In Chapter 19, where had the Nazis in Shakur's unit at prison been sent from?
4. What disguise did Shakur assume one early morning in Chapter 16?
5. How old was Shakur's daughter at the beginning of Chapter 20?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 15, what was the first task that Shakur performed at the Black Panther Party office?
2. In Chapter 14, what two pieces of evidence helped Shakur gain an acquittal for the bank robbery trial?
3. What news did Shakur read about herself in Chapter 16?
4. What did Shakur think it meant to go underground at first?
5. Who was at Alcatraz in Chapter 13?
6. What did Shakur plan to study when she first went to college in Chapter 12, and why did she change her mind?
7. In Chapter 18, why was it difficult for Shakur's defense team to find a ballistics expert and forensic chemist to testify on Shakur's behalf?
8. How did Shakur learn about liberation theology and why did she study it?
9. What did the state do after the hearing officer ruled in Chapter 18 that Shakur's conditions of imprisonment were inhuman?
10. In Chapter 11, why was the first judge for the bank robbery trial excused?
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 was born JoAnne Deborah Byron. Why did she change her name, and why did she believe that a new name fit her personality and beliefs better than her birth name?
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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