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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Robby say he tests the heroin before buying it?

2. Whose house did Robby go to after the heist?

3. Who shot Stavros that he went down?

4. Why did Robby go to this place?

5. Who else is at the site of the robbery, who wasn't supposed to be there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Robby and his crew do after the robbery?

2. What pact did the robbers make, and how did it get broken?

3. How does Robby characterize his career in fencing operations?

4. How does Robby characterize the ghetto mentality?

5. How does Robby say the prison environment changes after his appeals are all turned down?

6. What did Robby and Cecil argue about?

7. How does John characterize his revision to Robby's story.

8. What is it about the prison workers that makes John mad?

9. How does John describe Robby's arrest after the drug deal in Detroit?

10. Who was Red Murphy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast John and Robby's methods of speaking out. What do they say, when they have a chance? What are they prevented from saying? What does this tell us about the options black men have, for speaking up?

Essay Topic 2

How does John define freedom in "Brothers and Keepers", and how does he exercise his freedom? In what ways is he NOT free? How does his lack of freedom compare with his brother's? Is he just a different kind of prisoner? Is he freer because he has stayed clear of the law? Is he free because he has work that supports him? What does freedom reside in?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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