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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 Chapter 9, what percent of Black lawyers were partners in big law firms?

2. How much did Sharanda make an hour for her jobs in laundry and cosmetology?

3. When did Lil D get clemency in Chapter 15?

4. How many hours a day did Barnett often work in Chapter 9 during her first year working at Winstead?

5. When did Barnett take a job as a corporate attorney?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 12, why might Mike have still been in prison?

2. Who was Corey Jacobs?

3. What problems were there when Mike was released?

4. Where did Barnett do her first formal meditation?

5. What were the sentences for De-Ann, Mike, Wayland, Donel, and Terry?

6. What did a school principal do when Chris's grades dropped?

7. What job did Barnett start in Chapter 9?

8. In Chapter 9, where was Mike Wilson imprisoned, and what toll had prison taken on him?

9. Who was De-Ann Coffman?

10. What reasons were there for Barnett to stay at ORIX?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were many disparities in sentencing for cases involving drug offenses. What disparities were there in sentencing for cases involving drug offenses? What is communicated about injustice through those disparities?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Carswell Federal Medical Center was a prison hospital. Why was Carswell Federal Medical Center known as a “house of horrors” (154)? Was the treatment there inhumane?

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