Soul on Ice | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Letters from Prison, On Becoming

1. What did the U.S Supreme Court outlaw in 1954?

Segregation

2. Where did Eldridge Cleaver serve his prison sentence?

Folsom

3. What drug was Cleaver caught in possession of?

Marijuana

4. What does Cleaver say he has always been aware of?

The color of his skin

5. What does Cleaver say made him aware of his social status?

Mass demonstrations

6. What does Cleaver admit he was in love with in this opening chapter?

The weed

7. What does Cleaver say he was infatuated with?

White women

8. What does Cleaver call white women?

The Ogre

9. What did Cleaver want the prison system to provide?

Prostitutes

10. What did Cleaver pin up on the wall of his cell?

A pin-up girl

11. Why did the guard rip down Cleaver's poster?

It was a white women

12. What did the guard say...
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