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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. Why do Piri and his father stop fighting in the morning?
(a) They are too tired
(b) Piri's father has a heart attack
(c) Piri's sister cries
(d) Piri breaks his mother's vase

2. What does the C in ABC stand for?
(a) Care
(b) Cack
(c) Cone
(d) Cop

3. What does Piri give the officer when he calls him boy?
(a) Cold coffee
(b) Warm beer
(c) A slap
(d) A cup of urine

4. What do Piri and Brew want to join in Norfolk?
(a) Nation of Islam
(b) The army
(c) The black panthers
(d) The merchant marines

5. Who does Piri wish could see inside him?
(a) His father
(b) His mother
(c) His brother
(d) Brew

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the girl rub up against Piri?

2. What does Piri say he avoids in Comstock State Prison?

3. What does Piri say he counts off instead of days?

4. Who pulls Piri off his brother, Jose?

5. How much money does Brew offer the man to allow them to work on the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Piri's routine at Sing Sing prison?

2. Why must Piri and Brew sit at the back of the bus?

3. What do Piri and his family say to each other the next morning?

4. What are Piri and Brew's plans in Section 5?

5. How does the prison guard, Casey, react to Piri and Little fighting?

6. How do Brew and Piri ensure a job for themselves on a ship?

7. What work does Piri find in Section 7?

8. What does Piri's father tell him in at breakfast in Section 5?

9. What tragedy occurs when Piri returns to New York?

10. Describe the fight between Piri and his father in Section 7.

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