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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. What was the psychiatric staff convinced of about Willie?

2. Why was Michael Schoenfield in prison?

3. What did knowing his father's fate do for Willie according to Part V, Chapter 16?

4. Who helped Butch escape from the hospital?

5. What was Willie's nick-name according to Part III, Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the detective, Patrick Dugan, reveal?

2. How was Willie's respect for his father restored in Part V, Chapter 16?

3. What did Laura insist when Willie was sent home?

4. What happened on December 9, 1962 in Part III, Chapter 8?

5. What happened when police backed Butch into a corner and what did this reveal?

6. Who was Rose Niles?

7. Who did Willie meet in December 1983 according to Part IV, Chapter 14?

8. What does the Epilogue demonstrate about prisons?

9. What did William decide to do for his case?

10. Who was Donna Bernhagen and what could Butch not handle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of Ruben's masters during slavery and compare and contrast their thinking and methods.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Willie's time in the juvenile system and prison with the time his father spent in the system.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze of the significance of the "the New Negro" and the implications that this new generation had in South Carolina.

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