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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the bar that Grace goes to in Book Four to forget her troubles?
(a) Rego's.
(b) The Chimes.
(c) The Dead End.
(d) The White Horse.

2. What is Poe's punishment for fighting with his cell-mate in Book Four?
(a) He must clean the bathrooms.
(b) He must clean the cafeteria.
(c) Solitary confinement.
(d) An additional 3 years to his sentence.

3. What does the black prisoner call Poe when he approaches him in the cafeteria in Book Three?
(a) "Joker."
(b) "Dirty."
(c) "Schnoz."
(d) "Slick."

4. What is Otto referred to as throughout the narrative?
(a) "The Norwegian."
(b) "The Swede."
(c) "The Mexican."
(d) "The Spaniard."

5. What is Poe conflicted about in Book Four?
(a) Whether or not to fire his lawyer.
(b) Whether or not to tell his lawyer he was acting in self-defense.
(c) Whether or not to ask Sarah to marry him.
(d) Whether or not to reveal that Isaac committed the murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What couple comes to meet Grace at the bar to cheer her up in Book Four?

2. What does Grace do when Harris comes over to talk about Poe's case in Book Three?

3. Why is Isaac unable to retrieve his pack in the beginning of Book Four?

4. What does Poe do when the other prisoner demands food from his tray in Book Three?

5. What does the justice of the peace suggest that Harris do in Book Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isaac do at the Wal-Mart store in Book Four?

2. What inner conflicts does Grace Poe face in the beginning of Book Three?

3. What information does Glen Patacki relate to Harris in Book Three?

4. What is Lee's response after a police officer comes to look for her brother in Book Three?

5. How has Billy Poe's character evolved in Book Four? What has led to the changes in Poe's character?

6. What ultimatum does Billy Poe face with the white prison gang in Book Three? What is demonstrated through this ultimatum?

7. What do Isaac and Baron do upon arriving in the outskirts of Detroit in Book Three?

8. What does Poe decide to do at the end of Book Three? Why?

9. What internal conflicts does Henry English face in Book Four?

10. What is significant about Isaac's use of the phrase "Badge of Honor" in Book Four?

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