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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does John visit Robby in prison?
(a) Monthly.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Annually.
(d) Every other month.

2. What does John say about entering and leaving the prison?
(a) He does not like to be seen.
(b) He feels like he is dying and being born.
(c) He is filled with anxiety at both times.
(d) He looks forward to both times.

3. Where does John's family live?
(a) Missoula.
(b) Portland.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Brooklyn.

4. John says that the prisoners are like him except for what?
(a) They are illiterate.
(b) They are unlucky.
(c) They are bad.
(d) They are poor.

5. Where do John and Jamila have to drive through on the way to the penitentiary?
(a) A ghetto.
(b) A mall.
(c) Farms.
(d) A business district.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Faruq?

2. What makes John think he did an unwise thing in bringing Robby to his home?

3. What would Robby do to make his family laugh?

4. How did Robby change his mother?

5. Who is John?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John say he and his family are treated at the penitentiary?

2. How does Robby characterize himself as a young man?

3. What does John say Jamila knows of Robby?

4. Where does John say Robby has a place in Jamila's life?

5. Describe the geography of "Brothers and Keepers".

6. How does John describe his and his siblings' background?

7. What does John say the prisoners notice?

8. Describe Robby's entrance into drugs and crime.

9. Who is Garth, and what was his importance in Robby's life?

10. How does John characterize Robby's temperament?

(see the answer keys)

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