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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Our Time, I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was John's mother raised?
(a) In a poor family.
(b) In a foster family.
(c) In a classy family.
(d) In a middle-class family.

2. Who calls John at the beginning of the book?
(a) Michael Dukes.
(b) Robby.
(c) His sister-in-law.
(d) His mother.

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

4. Who is Jake?
(a) John's son.
(b) Robby's son.
(c) Judy's brother.
(d) John and Robby's brother.

5. Who were Michael Dukes and Cecil Rice?
(a) John's mother's friends.
(b) Robby's partners in crime.
(c) Friends of Robby's who were hiding him.
(d) The men Robby killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say Robby feels about Garth's death?

2. What do the prisoners see children as, according to John?

3. What does John say Garth's death represents for Robby?

4. What does John notice about the prisoners?

5. How many years separate John and Robby?

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