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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Stavros find out that he had been set up?
(a) Robby shot him.
(b) All his TVs had been stolen while he was inside with Robby and Michael Dukes.
(c) Cecil Rice was in the truck with a shotgun.
(d) The cops showed up.

2. Where did Robby get the drugs he was going to sell?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Panama.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Pittsburgh.

3. What does Robby say people in the ghetto valued?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Race pride.
(c) Family.
(d) Good times.

4. What does Robby say about his line of sight when Stavros went into the back?
(a) He could not see clearly.
(b) He had a clear view of Stavros' every move.
(c) He could only see Stavros through a dirty mirror.
(d) He could see Stavros' back but not his hands.

5. Who is shooting at Robby?
(a) Police.
(b) A rival gang.
(c) Rival dealers.
(d) Criminals coming to steal his heroin.

6. What does Robby say is true of all valuable things?
(a) They depend on the prison bureaucracy.
(b) They are only available to whites.
(c) They are worth working hard for.
(d) They are transitory.

7. What did Stavros do when he was shot the second time?
(a) Lies bleeding.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Starts screaming.
(d) Dies.

8. What is different about the trip John makes to the prison in 'Doing Time II'?
(a) He stops to visit in the Homewood Avenue district.
(b) He takes his wife and Jamila.
(c) He goes alone.
(d) He tries to smuggle in some heroin for Robby.

9. How much did Robby spend on heroin?
(a) $12,000.
(b) $8,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $4,000.

10. What is Robby sick with after Chicago?
(a) Flu.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Withdrawal.
(d) Remorse.

11. What does John include in the postscript?
(a) Robby's letters home.
(b) Robby's graduation speech.
(c) Robby's appeals.
(d) Photos of Robby's family.

12. What does Robby say he wants prisoners to become?
(a) Productive members of society.
(b) Positive role models for youth.
(c) An investment in society's future.
(d) A resource for innovation.

13. What does Robby say people in the ghetto dream about?
(a) Getting out of the ghetto.
(b) Living easy in the Virgin Islands.
(c) A house with a white picket fence.
(d) The glamour of having a lot of money.

14. Why was Robby arrested?
(a) For stealing heroin.
(b) For passing a bad check.
(c) For beating his girlfriend.
(d) The cops found the heroin in his apartment.

15. How did the cops know to look for this person?
(a) She had reported the crime.
(b) Stolen license.
(c) Fingerprints.
(d) Robby's gun had been registered to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pact does Robby say he and the others had made?

2. What degree does Robby complete?

3. Where does Robby plan to go, after Chicago?

4. When did the other guys get away?

5. How did Robby, Mike and Cecil know that they were in big trouble?

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