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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice did Cecil get when he called his mother?
(a) To come back to Pittsburgh.
(b) To go to Canada.
(c) To go to California.
(d) To turn himself in Indiana.

2. How does John object when the guard doesn't let him sit at the lawyer-client table?
(a) He argues with the guard.
(b) He jokes with Robby.
(c) He only shakes his head.
(d) He does nothing.

3. How do conditions change in the prison after Robby's appeals are denied?
(a) Prisoners are given more educational opportunities.
(b) Prisoners are returned to society more often.
(c) Prisoners' rights are reduced.
(d) Prisoners are given more chances for rehabilitation.

4. Where do Cecil and Mike go after Chicago?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. What is John's profession?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Social worker.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Journalist.

6. What ritual does John say he goes through when he sits with Robby?
(a) Reading Robby what he's written since the last time he visited.
(b) Setting up his tape recorder.
(c) Setting up his microphone and camera.
(d) Setting up his pens and pad.

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

8. What pact does Robby say he and the others had made?
(a) Not to call family.
(b) Not to make any phone calls.
(c) Not to spend the marked bills they got.
(d) To split up the money evenly.

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

10. How does Robby say he tests the heroin before buying it?
(a) He uses chemical analysis.
(b) He shoots it himself.
(c) He gets a comrade to shoot it.
(d) He uses a spectrograph.

11. What did Robby, Mike and Cecil do badly, after Stavros runs off?
(a) They didn't move the cars out of the way of the truck.
(b) They didn't close the back of the truck.
(c) They didn't do up the locks correctly.
(d) They didn't tie the other guys up very well.

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

13. Whose house did Robby go to after the heist?
(a) Wanda's.
(b) Tanya's.
(c) His own.
(d) Mike's.

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

15. Where does Robby say that Mike and Cecil got in a fight?
(a) A diner.
(b) A bowling alley.
(c) A disco.
(d) A phone booth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Robby, Mike and Cecil out after the heist?

2. Who ratted Robby and his guys out?

3. What does John say happens to Robby when his appeals are turned down?

4. What does John say inspired his first draft?

5. Who else is at the site of the robbery, who wasn't supposed to be there?

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