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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. How many witnesses did Willie call?

2. What must become less glamorous according to Fox Butterfield?

3. When did Butch go back to Waupun?

4. Who did Willie decide to kill in prison?

5. When was Butch paroled?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Bellevue staff conclude about Willie in Part III, Chapter 10?

2. What happened when Butch was in the prison hospital?

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

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

5. Why did Willie believe he beat the system?

6. Who were Noel Perez and Moises Perez?

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

8. What did Butch begin in Part IV, Chapter 12?

9. What did Butch major in?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact of the Jim Crow Laws and how such laws was a sign of a new era of deteriorated race relations.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Fox Butterfield's statements in the Epilogue and determine whether or not prisons are a deterrent for crime.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role that psychological issues had in the Bosket family.

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