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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What emotions does John say he feels from the prisoners?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Paranoia.
(c) Rage.
(d) Lust.

4. How did John's mother know that Robby was getting high?
(a) She heard from the neighbors.
(b) She found money missing from her purse, and a syringe.
(c) She caught him in the act of shooting up.
(d) She heard in the trial.

5. How does John say the prisoners view children?
(a) As religious objects.
(b) As objects of exchange.
(c) As sexual objects.
(d) As bright distractions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that unites almost all the prisoners?

2. What does John say he wishes he had done the first time Robby was arrested?

3. Who is Jamila?

4. What does John say about entering and leaving the prison?

5. How does John say he and his children and Robby act during their visit?

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