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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Robby's personality as a child?
(a) He was easy-going and duplicitous.
(b) He was the loner in the family.
(c) He was introspective and moody.
(d) He always wanted to have fun.

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

3. Who is Johnny-Boy?
(a) One of Robby's partners in crime.
(b) The driver of the car who picked Robby up.
(c) The cop who catches Robby.
(d) A criminal Robby picked up in Utah.

4. How does John say the prisoners view children?
(a) As sexual objects.
(b) As objects of exchange.
(c) As bright distractions.
(d) As religious objects.

5. 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.

6. How does John say the guests are treated while they're at the prison?
(a) As fellow wardens.
(b) As VIPs.
(c) As trash.
(d) As prisoners.

7. What can't a prisoner do, no matter what?
(a) Kill time.
(b) Breathe free.
(c) Run.
(d) Speak freely.

8. What emotions does John say he feels from the prisoners?
(a) Paranoia.
(b) Rage.
(c) Lust.
(d) Guilt.

9. What news does John get at the beginning of the book?
(a) His brother has received a life sentence.
(b) His brother has just finished school.
(c) His brother has murdered a man.
(d) His brother has shown up at his mother's house.

10. Where was Robby arrested?
(a) California.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Colorado.

11. What does John say commenced after Garth's death?
(a) Robby's determination to appeal his conviction.
(b) Robby's reawakening to religion and spirituality.
(c) Robby's desire to be a father.
(d) Robby's decline into drugs and crime.

12. What does John notice about the prisoners?
(a) How impatient their movements are.
(b) How their eyes appraise everyone.
(c) How submissive they become.
(d) How angry they seem.

13. How does John characterize Western State Penitentiary?
(a) An imposing nineteenth-century prison.
(b) A relatively nice prison.
(c) A decrepit institution.
(d) A gleaming modern prison.

14. John says that the prisoners are like him except for what?
(a) They are bad.
(b) They are poor.
(c) They are illiterate.
(d) They are unlucky.

15. What theme runs through 'Brothers and Keepers'?
(a) Escape.
(b) Literacy.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Christian virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Faruq?

2. What were prisoners prevented from doing after the revolt, according to John?

3. Who calls John at the beginning of the book?

4. How did Robby change his mother?

5. Who were Michael Dukes and Cecil Rice?

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