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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 drugs and prostitution.
(b) A center for gang violence.
(c) A coal mining ghetto.
(d) A shipping port.

2. Why doesn't Jamila tell her friends about Robby?
(a) They have their own problems in their families.
(b) They would want to go visit him.
(c) They wouldn't understand.
(d) They would torment her.

3. What theme runs through 'Brothers and Keepers'?
(a) Christian virtue.
(b) Escape.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Literacy.

4. What does John say he argued about in college?
(a) Modern art.
(b) Basketball players.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Blues music.

5. How does John say he and his family have to behavior at the prison?
(a) They have to be aggressive to get what they want.
(b) They are exuberant and outgoing.
(c) They have to be respectful.
(d) They have to be patient and persistent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John measure Robby's growth?

2. What can't a prisoner do, no matter what?

3. What bothered John most about arguing with the white student?

4. What was Robby's personality as a child?

5. Who calls John at the beginning of the book?

(see the answer key)

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