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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jamila say Robby looks like?
(a) Louis Armstrong.
(b) Stevie Wonder.
(c) Wilt chamberlain.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

2. What does John say about entering and leaving the prison?
(a) He is filled with anxiety at both times.
(b) He feels like he is dying and being born.
(c) He looks forward to both times.
(d) He does not like to be seen.

3. When did John realize the effect of Garth's death on Robby?
(a) When Robby was arrested.
(b) In childhood.
(c) A long time ago.
(d) Recently.

4. How many siblings doe John have?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

5. What does John say he feels about escaping to Wyoming?
(a) Trapped.
(b) Apprehension.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Relief.

6. Who is Jamila?
(a) John's mother.
(b) Robby's girlfriend.
(c) John's wife.
(d) John's daughter.

7. When did Robby's robbery-murder take place?
(a) May 1975.
(b) November 1975.
(c) May 1974.
(d) November 1976.

8. Who is the exception to this rule?
(a) John's friends.
(b) John.
(c) Judy.
(d) Jamila.

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

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

11. Who is John?
(a) A black professional.
(b) A white cop.
(c) A black father.
(d) A black criminal.

12. Who is Faruq?
(a) Robby's cell-mate.
(b) A warden.
(c) Robby.
(d) A friend of Robby's.

13. What does John say freedom is related to?
(a) Running.
(b) Owning land.
(c) Having good friends.
(d) Having work.

14. Where did John go to school?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Penn State.
(c) Cornell.
(d) UPenn.

15. Who is Jake?
(a) John and Robby's brother.
(b) Robby's son.
(c) John's son.
(d) Judy's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes John think he did an unwise thing in bringing Robby to his home?

2. How does John say he and his family have to behavior at the prison?

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

4. Where was John's mother raised?

5. How does John characterize the difference between his mother and father?

(see the answer keys)

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