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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. Who did Willie grow close to, even calling her Mom?

2. Who was Willie's first psychiatrist?

3. What was Willie's sentence for attempted murder?

4. Why did Willie decide to escalate his misbehavior in prison?

5. Why did the psychiatrist not stop Willie's constant verbal and physical abuse to others?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Willie believe he beat the system?

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

4. Why did some of the jurors have sleepless nights?

5. Who were Noel Perez and Moises Perez?

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

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

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

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

10. What did Butch work towards?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine methods used to intervene early in juvenile offenders and propose other methods that might work in reducing crime rates and recidivism.

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 difference between law and lawlessness and why the justice system was illegitimate in the eyes of blacks.

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