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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Robby compare himself and the other inmates?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Animals.
(c) Trees.
(d) Stars.

2. What does Robby say his ambitions were?
(a) To be a union leader.
(b) To find religion.
(c) To be a pillar of the community.
(d) To become a big drug dealer.

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

4. How many prisoners take degrees?
(a) Thirty-seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Thirty.

5. What ritual does John say he goes through when he sits with Robby?
(a) Setting up his tape recorder.
(b) Setting up his pens and pad.
(c) Reading Robby what he's written since the last time he visited.
(d) Setting up his microphone and camera.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John measure Robby's growth?

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

3. What does Robby say people in the ghetto dream about?

4. Where does John's family live?

5. How does John characterize Western State Penitentiary?

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