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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did some students react to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) They marched on Washington.
(b) They moved to Canada.
(c) They published threats against the Russians.
(d) They went about their classes.

2. Where was Angela Davis when Kennedy was assassinated?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

3. Where did Angela Davis steal from as a child?
(a) Her teachers.
(b) The white people's grocery store.
(c) Her father's bag of coins.
(d) The corner store.

4. Who did Angela Davis feel closest to in college?
(a) Her teachers.
(b) Black students.
(c) Foreign students.
(d) White students.

5. What was Angela Davis trying on when the book begins?
(a) A dress.
(b) A wig.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) Boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Angela Davis see on the news in Detroit?

2. What was attractive about Fisk University?

3. Why didn't Angela Davis join the communist movement at her college?

4. What did Angela Davis major in after her trip to Helsinki?

5. How was Angela Davis involved in the police raid on Franklin and Kendra Alexander's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Angela Davis's arrival at college.

2. What movement had Angela Davis been involved in when she went into hiding from the police?

3. Describe Angela Davis's travels in Germany.

4. What was Angela Davis's experience of the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement?

5. What was Angela Davis's first experience of life outside the South, free of racism?

6. What was Angela Davis's family's status when she was a child, and her did her status affect her?

7. Describe the decision that led Angela Davis out of Birmingham.

8. What did Angela Davis study in high school?

9. What was Angela Davis's personality like when she was young?

10. Describe Angela Davis's experience at the Helsinki festival.

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