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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. In Chapter 8, what was the worst block in New York?
(a) Jamaica Avenue between 60th and 61st Streets.
(b) 83rd Street between Park and Austin.
(c) 84th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus.
(d) Riverside between 79th and 80th Streets.

2. In Chapter 3, where was one woman arrested for drunk driving?
(a) Turnpike.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Her driveway.
(d) Gravel road.

3. In Chapter 5, how many years was Shakur's friend Phyllis facing in prison?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 60.
(d) 35.

4. What was the name of the first president that Shakur could remember?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Carter.

5. At what time of day was Shakur's daughter born?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shakur try to read on the beach in Chapter 10?

2. What was the name of the junior high school that Shakur attended in Chapter 4?

3. What did Shakur have for breakfast the first day in prison at the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 9, when did Shakur say that she was kept in solitary confinement?

5. Where did Shakur's grandparents operate a restaurant in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, why did Mrs. Butterworth say that Shakur could not come out of her cell?

2. How did people live on 84th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus in Chapter 8?

3. In Chapter 10, what job did Evelyn help Shakur get and how did Shakur describe the job?

4. What type of mail did Shakur receive in Chapter 3?

5. How did Shakur get her first office job?

6. Who demonstrated outside the courthouse one day in Chapter 7?

7. Why were the women at Riker's Island surprised by Shakur's appearance?

8. In Chapter 1, where did the detectives take Shakur and what did they tell her after her x-rays?

9. What did Shakur like to do in Evelyn's neighborhood in Chapter 8?

10. What did the jury panels look like that was being put together in Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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