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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was George Jackson shot to death?
(a) Folsom Prison.
(b) Pelican Bay State Prison.
(c) San Quentin Prison.
(d) High Desert State Prison.

2. To whom is "Family Tree" dedicated?
(a) "Father."
(b) "Mother."
(c) "Sister."
(d) "Brother."

3. In "Government Assistance or My Soul," the poet writes that "All unemployed aren't" what?
(a) Dumb.
(b) Poor.
(c) Lazy.
(d) On welfare.

4. The poet writes in "For Mrs. Hawkins," "I'm not out 2 offend the positive souls / only the racist dogs who" what?
(a) "Lied 2 me."
(b) "Created sorrow 4 U."
(c) "Killed U inside."
(d) "Kill 4 fun."

5. The poet refers to "this white killer" as being what in "For Mrs. Hawkins"?
(a) "Strong-willed."
(b) "Mentally sick."
(c) "Empty-minded."
(d) "An evil monster."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981?

2. What autobiography did Huey Newton write?

3. George Jackson was co-founder of what prison gang?

4. What is magnified "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?

5. In "The Promise," Shakur writes, "I too would be afraid of passion governed by" what?

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