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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Visits, p. 35-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Homewood Avenue district?
(a) A center for gang violence.
(b) A shipping port.
(c) A coal mining ghetto.
(d) A center for drugs and prostitution.

2. How many years separate John and Robby?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

3. Why does Jamila think Robby should be out of prison?
(a) Because he was wrongly imprisoned.
(b) Because he is her uncle.
(c) Because he wants to be.
(d) Because he eats apples.

4. Where do John and Jamila have to drive through on the way to the penitentiary?
(a) A mall.
(b) Farms.
(c) A ghetto.
(d) A business district.

5. What does John say he feels about escaping to Wyoming?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Relief.
(c) Trapped.
(d) Apprehension.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John say he and his family have to behavior at the prison?

2. Who does Jamila say Robby looks like?

3. What news does John get at the beginning of the book?

4. How does John characterize Western State Penitentiary?

5. Where does John pick Robby up?

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