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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. Who did Robby work with at a home?
(a) Ex-cons.
(b) Rehab patients.
(c) Autistic kids.
(d) Poor children.

2. What does Garth seem to have died of?
(a) Poisoning.
(b) Stabbing.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Suicide.

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

4. What bothered John most about arguing with the white student?
(a) The white kid threw his blackness in his face.
(b) The white kid knew more than he did.
(c) Nothing John said could convince the kid he was right.
(d) It was clear that it didn't matter who was most knowledgeable.

5. What does Robby say made Stavros go down?
(a) He saw him get shot.
(b) He saw bullets go through his clothes.
(c) He wasn't sure if he was shot, or just trying to duck.
(d) He was hit by splintered wood from where the bullets hit crates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did John's father move to Pittsburgh?

2. How did Robby meet Michael Dukes?

3. What news does John get at the beginning of the book?

4. How much did Robby plan to get for that heroin?

5. John says that the prisoners are like him except for what?

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