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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. Who does Winfield call for more drugs?

2. Where is Broussard at the beginning of Book II?

3. What two prisoners are missing at the end of the day?

4. Who does LeBlank demand that Rainack put on the bus?

5. What is the name of the man who has just joined gang five?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Winfield cope in his interview?

2. Why does Avery say he is running moonshine?

3. How does April respond to Winfield's anger the following morning?

4. How is Winfield acting in this section?

5. How do the men try to get at Rainack as they wait in the rain?

6. What does Winfield find out about Troy in this section?

7. Why does Hunnicut wnat Winfield to come back to Louisiana?

8. How does LeBlanc take to prison life?

9. What problems do Broussard and LeBlanc face at the beginning of this section?

10. How does Boudreaux's fight with Pepponi almost ruin his fighting career?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Broussard's upbringing effect him and the decisions he makes in the book? How can Broussard get over the trouble he experienced as a child?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Winfield's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Winfield hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Winfield ideas about life?

3. How has Winfield's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What does the work camp teach Broussard and Boudreaux? What does what they learn say about work camps during the Sixties? How have work camps changed since then?

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