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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 15, what did Shakur pay monthly for her apartment?

2. In Chapter 13, where did a doctor that Shakur worked for volunteer once a week?

3. What disguise did Shakur assume one early morning in Chapter 16?

4. In Chapter 14, when was Shakur taken to the Manhattan Correctional Center?

5. In Chapter 19, what were the names of the Manson family women who were in the same prison as Shakur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news did Shakur read about herself in Chapter 16?

2. What did the state do after the hearing officer ruled in Chapter 18 that Shakur's conditions of imprisonment were inhuman?

3. In Chapter 17, what did Shakur say about Revolutionary War and armed struggle?

4. What did Shakur learn about scalping in Chapter 13?

5. How did Shakur learn about liberation theology and why did she study it?

6. In Chapter 15, what was the first task that Shakur performed at the Black Panther Party office?

7. What did Shakur think it meant to go underground at first?

8. In Chapter 17, how did Shakur describe the Black Liberation Army?

9. Who was at Alcatraz in Chapter 13?

10. Who was Lolita Lebron?

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 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 3

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?

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