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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Doing Time, I. November 16, 1975.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can't a prisoner do, no matter what?
(a) Run.
(b) Breathe free.
(c) Kill time.
(d) Speak freely.

2. Why did Robby go to this place?
(a) To lay low for a few months.
(b) To visit Michael Dukes' sister.
(c) To dispose of the stolen TVs.
(d) To hide out and get IDs.

3. What does Robby say he wanted to do after the robbery?
(a) Go to the police.
(b) Get out of town.
(c) Party.
(d) Stay at home.

4. What does John say it is dangerous to drive through the Homewood Avenue district?
(a) Crime.
(b) Winding streets.
(c) Potholes.
(d) Gun violence.

5. How does John characterize Western State Penitentiary?
(a) A relatively nice prison.
(b) A decrepit institution.
(c) A gleaming modern prison.
(d) An imposing nineteenth-century prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robby change his mother?

2. What does Garth seem to have died of?

3. What was the Homewood Avenue district?

4. Where does Robby say that Mike and Cecil got in a fight?

5. What does John say is an inmate's worst enemy?

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