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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Robby say he would do with $1,000 if he got it?
(a) Spend it on a woman.
(b) Spend it in a night.
(c) Buy $1,000 of drugs.
(d) Save it.

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

4. How did Robby meet Michael Dukes?
(a) They were both robbed by the same guy.
(b) They met in prison.
(c) They were fired on the same day.
(d) They worked a job with a friend in common.

5. Who is Leslie?
(a) Robby's girlfriend.
(b) A prisoner's sister.
(c) John's assistant.
(d) A prison guard.

6. What does Robby say he felt on the night of the botched robbery?
(a) That everything was great.
(b) That he had been cursed.
(c) That he was going to die.
(d) That something was going to go wrong.

7. Who were the cops looking for after the robbery?
(a) Wanda.
(b) Robby.
(c) Cecil.
(d) Mike.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What degree does Robby complete?
(a) Bachelors.
(b) Masters.
(c) Associates.
(d) High school diploma.

15. What made Robby good at this job?
(a) He was good with kids.
(b) He was willing to be a role model.
(c) He had been to prison before.
(d) He had patience for addicts in withdrawal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Robby go after the robbery?

2. Where did Robby get the drugs he was going to sell?

3. What does John say happens in Pittsburgh in summer?

4. What is the bad news about Robby's graduation?

5. To what does Robby compare himself and the other inmates?

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