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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 Robby's degree in?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Literature.

2. What does John say he wonders when the sees Robby?
(a) When this will ever end.
(b) Why he is there.
(c) Why he isn't locked up as well.
(d) How Robby got here.

3. Where do John and Jamila have to drive through on the way to the penitentiary?
(a) Farms.
(b) A business district.
(c) A ghetto.
(d) A mall.

4. What bothered John most about arguing with the white student?
(a) The white kid knew more than he did.
(b) The white kid threw his blackness in his face.
(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. Where does Cecil go after traveling with Robby?
(a) New York.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) L.A.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much did Robby spend on heroin?

3. What does Robby say he felt on the night of the botched robbery?

4. What is the normal ritual for John's trips to the prison?

5. When did Stavros die?

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