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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Doing Time, II. Summer 1982.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cecil's mother think will happen if he follows her advice?
(a) He'll get out of trouble.
(b) He won't get any jail time.
(c) He'll be able to start over.
(d) He won't get caught.

2. Who did Robby work with at a home?
(a) Poor children.
(b) Rehab patients.
(c) Autistic kids.
(d) Ex-cons.

3. What advice did Cecil get when he called his mother?
(a) To come back to Pittsburgh.
(b) To turn himself in Indiana.
(c) To go to California.
(d) To go to Canada.

4. What does Robby say happened to the people he worked with at the home?
(a) They were always being medicated into oblivion.
(b) They got beaten all the time.
(c) They were always in and out of jail.
(d) They were always being robbed.

5. What does John say commenced after Garth's death?
(a) Robby's reawakening to religion and spirituality.
(b) Robby's determination to appeal his conviction.
(c) Robby's decline into drugs and crime.
(d) Robby's desire to be a father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotions does John say he feels from the prisoners?

2. Who is Pops?

3. Why doesn't Jamila tell her friends about Robby?

4. What shade of black does John say he and his siblings are?

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

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