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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Homewood Avenue neighborhood?
(a) A shopping district.
(b) A subdevelopment.
(c) A slum.
(d) An industrial district.

2. What does John have to go through at the prison?
(a) A lie detector.
(b) An application process.
(c) Metal detectors.
(d) An interrogation.

3. How does John characterize Robby's birthday?
(a) A day of celebration.
(b) A day of forgetting.
(c) A day of mourning.
(d) A day of solidarity.

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

5. How does John characterize the difference between his mother and father?
(a) His father was dark black while his mother's family was light.
(b) His father was black, his mother was from the Caribbean.
(c) His mother was from the South while his father was from out West.
(d) His father was from the South while his mother was a northerner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pops?

2. What is a fence?

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

4. How did Stavros find out that he had been set up?

5. What advice did Cecil get when he called his mother?

(see the answer key)

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