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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Doing Time, Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John characterize his feeling about his brother?
(a) In spite of the distance, he feels his brother is part of him.
(b) He feels like his brother is a stranger to him.
(c) He feels little or no relation with his family.
(d) He is always trying to keep himself clear of his family's troubles, but they keep finding him.

2. How does John say Omar and Robby understand each other?
(a) Believer to believer.
(b) Child to child.
(c) Brother to brother.
(d) Man to man.

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

4. Who does John say he had to adjust to in college?
(a) Rich white kids.
(b) The teachers and administrators.
(c) The janitors and maids.
(d) The local blacks.

5. What does John say Garth's death represents for Robby?
(a) An awakening.
(b) A new beginning.
(c) A commitment to hostility toward the prison.
(d) The end of faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say he feels about escaping to Wyoming?

2. How did Robby change his mother?

3. How did Robby, Mike and Cecil know that they were in big trouble?

4. What does John feel in looking at the prisoners?

5. What is it the prisoners notice about children, according to John?

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