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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 were lovers from separate housing units able to do during mass?
(a) Hold hands for an hour.
(b) Eat lunch together.
(c) Pass love notes.
(d) Have romantic encounters.

2. What did Brenda's father pray for every night?
(a) To keep his family safe from evil.
(b) To make his disease go away.
(c) To bless his new company.
(d) For a better job.

3. What did Shirley tell Mo'Shay would happen to Mo'Shay's baby?
(a) Shirley and Mo'Shay would raise the baby together.
(b) The baby would be given up for adoption.
(c) Mo'Shay and Reese would raise the baby.
(d) Mo'Shay would have to have an abortion.

4. What was Brenda's boyfriend's demeanor in their relationship?
(a) Loving.
(b) Disinterested.
(c) Very controlling.
(d) Passive.

5. The boy in #166 cheated on Diane _________________ after they got married.
(a) Two hours.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two days.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Brenda celebrate mass in prison?

2. Why did Diane turn into a problem child at school?

3. Why did Mo'Shay resent her mother?

4. Who was the Pope at the time that Robin's story began?

5. Who were Barbara's first visitors when she went to prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the chapter, "Dancing in Leg Chains"?

2. What was the one constant that Robin noted occurred on each of the three Christmases she spent in prison?

3. Who was Manny and what negative impact did he have on Brenda's life?

4. Who was Shirley Shambly in Michelle Jessamy's story and why did Shirley's daughter, Mo'Shay resent her mother?

5. How difficult was it for Bonnie to stay true to her religious practices while in prison?

6. What memory from her past did Mo'Shay have that made her apprehensive about having sex with Reese?

7. What was the Christmas basket program in prison?

8. Who was Reese and how did he enter Mo'Shay's life?

9. How did Diane's father betray her trust with violence while on a trip to Chattanooga?

10. How did Bonnie's role at the prison change from when she was a new inmate to the present day?

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