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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. The stage directions refer to Wendell Bolden's hands as what?
(a) Giant, dry.
(b) Tiny, dry.
(c) Sweaty, cracked.
(d) Large, ashy.

2. Which superhero does Jerry think Steve should be?
(a) Superman.
(b) The Green Lantern.
(c) Spiderman.
(d) Batman.

3. What color suit is Steve wearing when Osvaldo identifies him in court?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Striped.
(d) Gray.

4. What does Steve wonder in the prologue if he will still do what when the trial is over?
(a) Recognize himself.
(b) Be able to breathe.
(c) Be in prison.
(d) Have any friends.

5. When Steve decides to write a movie, where does he say he learned to block out scenes?
(a) At school.
(b) At home.
(c) From a book.
(d) In the prison library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Steve provide for why two particular items are taken away from prisoners?

2. What does Steve say about the camera in the kind of movie he feels his life is like in the prologue?

3. Which two items are taken away from prisoners, according to Steve?

4. What part of the movie does Steve feel like he has walked into in the prologue?

5. What causes the delay in the trial on Wednesday, July 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the charges against Wendell Bolden get dropped?

2. What happens when a preacher comes to visit the prisoners?

3. How can Steve's lawyer be described?

4. What is Steve doing when the police come to arrest him and take him away from home?

5. How does the typeface of Steve's journal entries indicate stress or special meaning on certain words?

6. What does James King look like on the first day of the trial?

7. Why is Steve not hungry on the morning of Monday, July 6?

8. What are the reasons, according to O'Brien, that Steve should take this trial "very, very seriously"?

9. What does Mr. Nesbitt look like in the pictures the prosecution passes around to the jury?

10. In his journal notes for Tuesday, July 7, why does Steve say he needs to keep thinking of the movie?

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