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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Robby's murder/robbery take place?
(a) Laramie, WY.
(b) Brooklyn, NY.
(c) Pittsburgh, PA.
(d) San Francisco, CA.

3. How does John characterize the waiting room?
(a) Modern and sterile.
(b) Disorienting and confusing.
(c) Warm and cozy.
(d) Ugly and dirty.

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

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

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

7. What bothered John most about arguing with the white student?
(a) The white kid knew more than he did.
(b) Nothing John said could convince the kid he was right.
(c) The white kid threw his blackness in his face.
(d) It was clear that it didn't matter who was most knowledgeable.

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

9. Where does the word 'jail' come from?
(a) Torture.
(b) Cage.
(c) Chain.
(d) Trap.

10. What was the Homewood Avenue district?
(a) A center for drugs and prostitution.
(b) A center for gang violence.
(c) A shipping port.
(d) A coal mining ghetto.

11. What does John say his mother lost when Robby declined into crime?
(a) Her patience with the racism of the system.
(b) Her forgiving nature.
(c) Her affection for her children.
(d) Her faith in God.

12. Why did John's father move to Pittsburgh?
(a) He was joining some family members there.
(b) To follow his wife's family.
(c) It was where his car broke down.
(d) Employment in mining.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John characterize Western State Penitentiary?

2. Where did John go to school?

3. What does John notice about the prisoners?

4. What does John say he feels about escaping to Wyoming?

5. What motivated Robby to kill the fence?

(see the answer keys)

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