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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. Who did Corey "Buck" Jacobs promote who played with Tupac Shakur in 1993 in NYC?

2. In Chapter 15, how many family members did Barnett plan to have converge on Washington in November along with activists and attorneys?

3. When did Donel's prison term set to expire because Obama gave him clemency?

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

5. In Chapter 13, how old was the boy a guard yelled at for walking on the grass at Carswell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job did Barnett start in Chapter 9?

2. Who was Corey Jacobs?

3. Why did federal judge Kevin Sharp resign?

4. How was Corey's case similar to Sharanda's?

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

6. Where did Barnett do her first formal meditation?

7. When did Genice die, and what was her memorial like?

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

9. When did Sharanda receive clemency, and why was the date for her freedom so important?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Barnett grew up in the small town of Fulbright. What was life like growing up in Fulbright? What is communicated about the importance of community through Barnett’s life there?

Essay Topic 2

Sharanda cooked and crafted in order to keep her mind busy and make money. How did Sharanda use ingenuity in her cooking and craft projects?

Essay Topic 3

Any help Evelyn received for her addiction in prison she had to find or provide herself. How did Evelyn have to fight for resources and engineer her own recovery from addiction when she was in prison?

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