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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. What job does Jose now have?

2. Who does Piri wish could see inside him?

3. What does Piri get an hour of every day in prison?

4. What kind of blood does Piri say they all have?

5. Who pulls Piri off his brother, Jose?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the system the gang uses to rob bars and stores.

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

3. How does Piri get off heroin?

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

5. What story does Brew tell Piri?

6. What problems does Gerald say he has being part Negro?

7. Why does Little say he did not throw more punches at Piri's midsection?

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

9. How does Piri feel about Trina marrying another man?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Piri's time in prison.

1) What concessions did Piri have to make in prison to survive?

2) How did prison change Piri?

3) What kind of person do the students think Piri would have become if he had not gone to prison?

Essay Topic 2

What problems have mixed relationships caused in the past? Why were people so against mixed relationships? Is part of the attraction between Piri and Betty the antagonism they know their relationship will cause?

Essay Topic 3

Outline Piri's prison routine How do the students think this routine benefited Piri? How did Piri make the most of his days?

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