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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V, Chapter 16, Willie, A Monster Created by the System, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Willie decide to escalate his misbehavior in prison?
(a) He wanted to be transferred from that particular prison.
(b) He wanted to be remembered.
(c) He thought he would never leave prison alive.
(d) He wanted to get another trial.

2. When did Thomas Bauskett's son decide to sell his slaves and plantations?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1852.

3. What did Pickens see South Carolina as having the power and right to do?
(a) Nullify federal laws.
(b) Use slaves as cattle.
(c) Secede from the Union.
(d) Make its own moral code.

4. What was one path out of Waupun prison according to Part IV, Chapter 12?
(a) Work points.
(b) Taking courses.
(c) Becoming a priest.
(d) Psychiatric help.

5. When was Butch paroled?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were southern states forced to give freed men the right to vote?

2. When did Butch become a full-time student?

3. Why was Willie arrested by the police?

4. How many seats of the legislature did African Americans take in the early 1870's?

5. Why did the young slave Thomas Bauskett offered his son take the name of Bauskett?

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