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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shot Stavros that he went down?
(a) Cecil Rice.
(b) One of Stavros' guys.
(c) Michael Dukes.
(d) Robby.

2. Who helps Robby, Mike and Cecil out after the heist?
(a) A guy with a gun.
(b) A white kid.
(c) A cab driver.
(d) A cop.

3. What does Robby say his ambitions were?
(a) To be a union leader.
(b) To be a pillar of the community.
(c) To find religion.
(d) To become a big drug dealer.

4. Why did Robby go to this place?
(a) To lay low for a few months.
(b) To hide out and get IDs.
(c) To dispose of the stolen TVs.
(d) To visit Michael Dukes' sister.

5. 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 depend on the prison bureaucracy.
(d) They are transitory.

6. What does John have to go through at the prison?
(a) An application process.
(b) A lie detector.
(c) Metal detectors.
(d) An interrogation.

7. What does Robby tell Cecil in regard to his mother's advice?
(a) That he will never be able to start over.
(b) That he won't get off easily.
(c) That he will be tried as a juvenile in Pittsburgh.
(d) That he will be locked up for life if Stavros died.

8. When did Stavros die?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 8 p.m.
(d) 3 a.m.

9. Who else is at the site of the robbery, who wasn't supposed to be there?
(a) Stavros' girlfriend.
(b) Cops.
(c) Two other men.
(d) Stavros' kids.

10. What is Robby's degree in?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Literature.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Engineering.

11. Who is Pops?
(a) Cecil's father.
(b) A wino.
(c) A cop.
(d) A guy Robby meets on the bus.

12. Who is Geraldine?
(a) Robby's girlfriend.
(b) Tanya's sister.
(c) Leslie's sister.
(d) Robby's ex-wife.

13. What does Robby say happened to the people he worked with at the home?
(a) They were always in and out of jail.
(b) They got beaten all the time.
(c) They were always being robbed.
(d) They were always being medicated into oblivion.

14. What does John say inspired his first draft?
(a) Love.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Impatience.
(d) Fear.

15. 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 tie the other guys up very well.
(c) They didn't do up the locks correctly.
(d) They didn't close the back of the truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robby say people in the ghetto valued?

2. Why was Robby arrested?

3. Where did Robby go after the robbery?

4. What kinds of scams did Robby and Michael Dukes start to run?

5. How does Robby characterize the people he worked with?

(see the answer keys)

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