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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 21 | Part 3, Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prison job did Elaine have that paid 77.5 cents a day?
(a) Counter attendant.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Cook helper.
(d) In the Children's Center.

2. How much money did the prison give Elaine upon her release?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Forty dollars.
(c) Thirty-five dollars.
(d) Forty-five dollars.

3. When the book begins in Part I, where is Elaine working?
(a) 125 Barber Shop and Beauty Shop.
(b) Harlem Beauty Shop.
(c) She doesn't work. She only collects welfare.
(d) Project Renewal.

4. Who begins teaching classes as Bedford Hills prison in Chapter 15?
(a) Lora Tucker.
(b) Lucy Kubis.
(c) James Murray.
(d) Elaine.

5. When Chapter 1 begins, how old is Elaine Bartlett?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tried to commit suicide by jumping into the East River?

2. Who tells Elaine about hearing her on the radio talking about the Rockefeller drug laws?

3. Who is Cassandra and what does she give Elaine as a welcome home present?

4. Who writes, "I am broke now so everyone treats me like a wet shoe?"

5. Who bought a gun at the age of 12?

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