Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 were always being robbed.
(c) They got beaten all the time.
(d) They were always being medicated into oblivion.

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

4. When is 'Doing Time II' set?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1982.

5. Where does Cecil go after traveling with Robby?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) New York.
(d) L.A.

6. What is the normal ritual for John's trips to the prison?
(a) He has to take his daughter.
(b) He has to be with his family.
(c) He can't have anything metal on him.
(d) He has to stop off in the Homewood Avenue district.

7. What does Robby say motivated him to work hard?
(a) The possibility of freedom.
(b) Material gain.
(c) Self-improvement.
(d) The threat of further punishment.

8. 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.

9. How had John changed Robby's voice in the first draft?
(a) He made him sound more dangerous.
(b) He made him sound cold-blooded.
(c) He made him sound more educated.
(d) He made him sound out of control.

10. How does Robby characterize the people he worked with?
(a) Unstable junkies.
(b) Tortured kids.
(c) Space cadets.
(d) Dangerous felons.

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

12. Why did Robby, Mike and Cecil leave this place?
(a) The cops were on their tails.
(b) They ran out of money.
(c) Something was not right with the guy they met there.
(d) They couldn't sell the televisions.

13. To what does Robby compare himself and the other inmates?
(a) Animals.
(b) Trees.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Stars.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ritual does John say he goes through when he sits with Robby?

2. What happens to Robby when John visits Robby?

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

4. What is Robby's degree in?

5. How did the cops know to look for this person?

(see the answer keys)

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