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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it the prisoners notice about children, according to John?
(a) Their eyes.
(b) Their voices.
(c) Their free imaginations.
(d) Their bodies.

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

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

4. What was funny about John's trip to Maine with Robby?
(a) Judy singing old Perry Como tunes.
(b) John translating white music into black music.
(c) Robby singing black music.
(d) Robby explaining where white music took from black musicians.

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

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

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

8. What is it that unites almost all the prisoners?
(a) They are old.
(b) They are black.
(c) They are young.
(d) They are tattooed.

9. What does John say Jamila is obsessed with?
(a) Highways.
(b) Prisons.
(c) Trains.
(d) Graveyards.

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

11. What shade of black does John say he and his siblings are?
(a) Almost white.
(b) Medium dark.
(c) Very dark.
(d) Light.

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

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

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

15. How many years separate John and Robby?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John pick Robby up?

2. What bothered John most about arguing with the white student?

3. What does John say he argued about in college?

4. Where does John's family live?

5. Where does the word 'jail' come from?

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