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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does John measure Robby's growth?
(a) His marriage's changes.
(b) His career's development.
(c) His manuscript's growth.
(d) Jamila's growth.

4. When does Robby show up in Laramie?
(a) November 1975.
(b) April 1976.
(c) November 1976.
(d) July 1977.

5. How long is Robby's prison sentence?
(a) 15 years.
(b) Life.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

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

8. What does Garth seem to have died of?
(a) Poisoning.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Stabbing.

9. How does John say he and his children and Robby act during their visit?
(a) Like confused animals.
(b) Like strangers.
(c) Like a family.
(d) Like fellow prisoners.

10. What does John say he and his family see when they drive up?
(a) Guard towers and guns.
(b) Crowds of waiting visitors.
(c) Chain link fences and dogs.
(d) Barbed wire and guards.

11. What does John say he sees in himself by looking at the prisoners?
(a) Lust.
(b) Evil.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Shame.

12. What form does John Wideman use for telling Robby's story?
(a) Satire.
(b) The letter.
(c) The essay.
(d) Narrative.

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

14. Who calls John at the beginning of the book?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister-in-law.
(c) Michael Dukes.
(d) Robby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the prisoners see children as, according to John?

2. What does John say he likes seeing at the prison?

3. John says that the prisoners are like him except for what?

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

5. When did John realize the effect of Garth's death on Robby?

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