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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Robby's degree in?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Literature.
2. What does Robby say his ambitions were?
(a) To be a union leader.
(b) To be a pillar of the community.
(c) To become a big drug dealer.
(d) To find religion.
3. 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 transitory.
(d) They are worth working hard for.
4. What makes John angry during his visit with Robby?
(a) That justice was not served.
(b) That Robby is innocent.
(c) That the prison workers can punch out.
(d) That Robby's life is costing the taxpayer so much when he should be working.
5. What does Robby realize he has to do if he is going to reap any rewards?
(a) Advocate.
(b) Fast.
(c) Pray.
(d) Work.
6. What does Robby say is the way out?
(a) Educate.
(b) Appeals.
(c) Literacy.
(d) Solidarity.
7. Where did Robby go after the robbery?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Indiana.
8. What does Robby say people in the ghetto valued?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Family.
(c) Good times.
(d) Race pride.
9. What does Robby say about John's first draft?
(a) He loves it.
(b) He says that it's all wrong.
(c) He says that something is missing.
(d) He says that it's not his story.
10. What does Robby say he heard when Stavros went into the back?
(a) Stavros put a gun in his pocket.
(b) Stavros called the cops.
(c) Stavros load a gun.
(d) Stavros trying to run away.
11. How does Robby say he tests the heroin before buying it?
(a) He gets a comrade to shoot it.
(b) He shoots it himself.
(c) He uses a spectrograph.
(d) He uses chemical analysis.
12. When did Stavros die?
(a) 8 p.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 10 a.m.
13. Who is shooting at Robby?
(a) Rival dealers.
(b) Police.
(c) A rival gang.
(d) Criminals coming to steal his heroin.
14. What does Cecil's mother think will happen if he follows her advice?
(a) He won't get caught.
(b) He'll be able to start over.
(c) He'll get out of trouble.
(d) He won't get any jail time.
15. What does John say happens to Robby when his appeals are turned down?
(a) He becomes angry and combative.
(b) He starts to do advocacy work.
(c) He sinks into depression and stops working.
(d) He loses motivation to keep taking classes.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Robby, Mike and Cecil leave this place?
2. Where does Robby say that Mike and Cecil got in a fight?
3. Why was Robby arrested?
4. What does John say inspired his first draft?
5. Who helps Robby, Mike and Cecil out after the heist?
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