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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form does John Wideman use for telling Robby's story?
(a) Satire.
(b) Narrative.
(c) The letter.
(d) The essay.

2. What does Robby say people in the ghetto valued?
(a) Race pride.
(b) Family.
(c) Good times.
(d) Hard work.

3. What is it that unites almost all the prisoners?
(a) They are black.
(b) They are young.
(c) They are old.
(d) They are tattooed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Faruq?

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

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

4. Who is shooting at Robby?

5. Where did Robby's murder/robbery take place?

(see the answer key)

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