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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. Why was Willie charged with assault?

2. When did Butch escape next from the mental hospital?

3. What did Willie learn with Jake Onufrychuk?

4. Who did Donna's daughter tell of her assault?

5. Where did Herman tell the police officers Willie's gun was?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Willie decide a few days after his father's death?

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

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

4. What did Butch work towards?

5. What does the Epilogue demonstrate about prisons?

6. Who was Carey and why was he being attacked?

7. Who was Rose Niles?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the history of slavery in South Carolina and discuss how slavery created a culture of violence.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the morality of honor with the morality of dignity and find examples of each in the book.

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