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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 the 1700s, how much did the state of Pennsylvania pay for a scalp?

2. What did Shakur's mother-in-law do?

3. In Chapter 13, where did Shakur decide to go after her marriage broke up?

4. In Chapter 16, when were two police machine-gunned on Riverside Drive?

5. In Chapter 18, who was the New Jersey lawyer who agreed to be the admitting lawyer for Shakur?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the FBI try to force Shakur to get her photograph taken in similar clothing to the bank robber in Chapter 11?

4. Who was Lolita Lebron?

5. In Chapter 17, why did Shakur believe that the various organizations working for Black freedom should not consolidate?

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

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

8. How did Shakur describe her marriage?

9. In Chapter 20, how did Shakur describe the visit with her daughter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Shakur spent much of her prison time in solitary confinement. What were the reasons for the solitary confinement, and how did solitary confinement affect Shakur mentally and physically?

Essay Topic 3

Shakur was accused of many crimes and had to endure many trials. In what ways was Shakur treated unjustly through the various trials and how did the injustice affect whether she was perceived as innocent or guilty?

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