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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Piri get an hour of every day in prison?
(a) Shower time
(b) Free time
(c) Prayers
(d) Reading time

2. What does Piri say the atmosphere at breakfast is like?
(a) A funeral
(b) A carnival
(c) A house party
(d) A wake

3. What is Casey's role at the prison?
(a) Warden
(b) Chaplain
(c) Cook
(d) Guard

4. What is Gerald writing a book about?
(a) Racial relations
(b) Native American
(c) Harlem
(d) Civil rights

5. What part of America is Gerald from?
(a) Pennsylvania
(b) New York
(c) Washington
(d) North Carolina

6. Where are Billy and Danny from?
(a) Babylon
(b) Newark
(c) Louisville
(d) The Bronx

7. What color eyes do both James and Jose have?
(a) Brown
(b) Green
(c) Red
(d) Blue

8. Who gives Piri heroin to sell?
(a) Diego
(b) Carlos
(c) Turkey
(d) H-man

9. What meal does the family gather for the next day?
(a) Dinner
(b) Breakfast
(c) Lunch
(d) Tea

10. What did white boys threaten to do to Brew?
(a) Kill him
(b) Cornhole him
(c) Gut him
(d) Flush him

11. What is the House of Do-Right also known as?
(a) Tombs
(b) Church
(c) The Louvre
(d) Lottery

12. What does Piri say before he leaves his parole hearing?
(a) Thank you
(b) Goodbye
(c) Idiots
(d) I am innocent

13. Who pulls Piri off his brother, Jose?
(a) His sister
(b) Brew
(c) His father
(d) His mother

14. What word does Brew say is part of the vocabulary in the South?
(a) Yack
(b) Roger
(c) Monk
(d) Boy

15. Where does Piri throw the picture of his father's mistress?
(a) In the toilet
(b) Onto the street
(c) In the garbage
(d) Into the garden

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Little not keep hitting Piri in the mid section?

2. What does Louie do when he hears his sentence?

3. What work does Piri do aboard the ship?

4. Why does Piri not want to work with Danny and Billy?

5. What does James say has happened to Trina?

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