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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. What did Willie catch Charles doing?

2. What did Willie channel his energy into?

3. Why was Willie arrested by the police?

4. When was Butch paroled?

5. How did Butch act at the Waupun prison according to Part IV, Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Willie's respect for his father restored in Part V, Chapter 16?

2. What was the juvenile court system based on?

3. What did Laura insist when Willie was sent home?

4. What did the detective, Patrick Dugan, reveal?

5. Who was Rose Niles?

6. What happened when police backed Butch into a corner and what did this reveal?

7. Who was Carey and why was he being attacked?

8. Who was Donna Bernhagen and what could Butch not handle?

9. What happened when Butch was in the prison hospital?

10. Who did Butch meet in 1970?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the relationship between Pud and James with Butch and Willie, focusing on the similarities and differences.

Essay Topic 2

Examine methods used to intervene early in juvenile offenders and propose other methods that might work in reducing crime rates and recidivism.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Fox Butterfield's statements in the Epilogue and determine whether or not prisons are a deterrent for crime.

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