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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Blackinger try doing her hair that she thought would be low-maintenance in Chapter 14?
(a) Dreadlocks.
(b) Plaits.
(c) Cornrows.
(d) Braids.

2. What was the name of the officer who accused Blakinger of hiding drugs in her dreadlocks in Chapter 16?
(a) Major Carson.
(b) Major Williams.
(c) Major Anderson.
(d) Major Parker.

3. What drug did Sam have in Chapter 16?
(a) Valium.
(b) Benzodiazepines.
(c) Hydrocodone.
(d) Fetanyl.

4. What time did the guards wake Blakinger and the others after their first night in prison in Chapter 17?
(a) 4 a.m.
(b) 4:30 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 5:30 a.m.

5. Which prison did a Black woman tell Blakinger was a bad place to be for a woman of color?
(a) Bayview.
(b) Albion.
(c) Beacon.
(d) Taconic.

6. In Chapter 19, what was the name of a woman who punched April and got her sent to solitary?
(a) Alice.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Louise.
(d) Hilda.

7. In Chapter 12, how many cellblocks had to share the Ithaca Journal in the Tompkins County Jail?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

8. How old was Stacy in Chapter 20?
(a) 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 32.
(d) 38.

9. How long had Blakinger been clean at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 5 months.

10. Where did Lee, a guard, like to go hiking?
(a) Taughannock falls.
(b) Watkins Glen State Park.
(c) Catskills.
(d) Adirondacks.

11. How many state bids did a woman named Tubbs say she had had in Chapter 19?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

12. In Chapter 14, when was Blakinger transferred to the Chenango County Jail?
(a) April 29.
(b) April 11.
(c) April 19.
(d) April 2.

13. What did Blakinger use to do crossword puzzles in jail?
(a) Crayon.
(b) Blue ballpoint.
(c) Black ballpoint.
(d) Pencil.

14. About how old was the woman who had the bunk under Blakinger in Chapter 19?
(a) 38.
(b) Early 40s.
(c) Early 30s.
(d) 25.

15. When was Blakinger's sentencing hearing in Chapter 15?
(a) June 2011.
(b) March 2011.
(c) April 2011.
(d) May 2011.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Blakinger jump off a bridge?

2. Why did Blakinger request a visit to the doctor in Chapter 15?

3. How long was the treatment for hepatitis when Blakinger was in jail in Chapter 20?

4. In Chapter 17, what was the only thing Blakinger could take to prison other than her legal papers?

5. When did the New York times do an investigation on the inequities for Black and brown people in prison?

(see the answer keys)

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