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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 Willie's sentence for attempted murder?

2. When was Butch paroled?

3. How did Butch get to go to a hospital?

4. Who did Charles became interested in?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Willie believe about a social compact?

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

4. What was the juvenile court system based on?

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

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

7. Who were Noel Perez and Moises Perez?

8. What did Butch work towards?

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

10. What does the Epilogue demonstrate about prisons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Define cycle of violence and discuss the pattern of violence as depicted in the Bosket family.

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