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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 did Willie learn with Jake Onufrychuk?

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

3. When did Butch go back to Waupun?

4. What was Donna's daughter's name?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Willie believe about a social compact?

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

4. Who were Noel Perez and Moises Perez?

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

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

7. What does the Epilogue demonstrate about prisons?

8. Who was Rose Niles?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the similarities and differences between Butch and his son, Willie.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the double-standard created on plantations and the threat to the fabric of social life.

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