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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. What does John feel in looking at the prisoners?
(a) Fear.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Anxiety.

2. Where does John pick Robby up?
(a) A truck stop.
(b) A laundromat.
(c) A bowling alley.
(d) A diner.

3. What theme runs through 'Brothers and Keepers'?
(a) Literacy.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Christian virtue.
(d) Escape.

4. Who is John?
(a) A black professional.
(b) A white cop.
(c) A black father.
(d) A black criminal.

5. Who is Jake?
(a) John and Robby's brother.
(b) John's son.
(c) Judy's brother.
(d) Robby's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a fence?

2. How does John characterize the waiting room?

3. What does John say he argued about in college?

4. What does John say Jamila is obsessed with?

5. What is "Brothers and Keepers" centered on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John say he and his family act after visiting the prison?

2. Who travels to the prison to visit Robby?

3. How does John treat the prisoners?

4. In what way is John on the run as much as Robby is?

5. How does John say Robby changed his mother?

6. How are Jamila and Robby related in John's mind?

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

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

9. Why does John say it might have been a mistake to bring Robby home with him?

10. What does John say about his wife and daughter?

(see the answer keys)

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