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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Doing Time, I. November 16, 1975.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Robby expelled from school?
(a) For beating up a cop.
(b) For beating a student.
(c) For stealing.
(d) For talking about black power.

2. What does John say he and his family see when they drive up?
(a) Barbed wire and guards.
(b) Guard towers and guns.
(c) Chain link fences and dogs.
(d) Crowds of waiting visitors.

3. What kinds of scams did Robby and Michael Dukes start to run?
(a) Stealing from criminals.
(b) Selling heroin.
(c) Selling bogus properties.
(d) Selling prescription drugs.

4. What is a fence?
(a) A co-conspirator.
(b) An undercover police agent.
(c) A criminal who sells stolen goods.
(d) A loan shark.

5. Who is Jamila?
(a) John's daughter.
(b) John's mother.
(c) Robby's girlfriend.
(d) John's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theme runs through 'Brothers and Keepers'?

2. What does Robby say people in the ghetto valued?

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

4. What did Robby, Mike and Cecil do badly, after Stavros runs off?

5. What does John say it is dangerous to drive through the Homewood Avenue district?

(see the answer key)

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