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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Charlie's real name?
(a) Richard Zagorski.
(b) Donald Weise.
(c) George Deets.
(d) Kenneth Cook.

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

3. Where does Elaine take her granddaughter Tenea when Chapter 22 begins?
(a) To visit Jamel at Rikers Island.
(b) To the park.
(c) On her parole officer visit.
(d) On a job interview.

4. What job does Elaine first get at Project Renewal?
(a) Janitor.
(b) Counselor.
(c) Case manager.
(d) Residential aide.

5. Who writes, "I am broke now so everyone treats me like a wet shoe?"
(a) Yvonne.
(b) Apache.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Jamel.

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

7. Whose letter does Apache hear being read on television in Chapter 16?
(a) Satara's.
(b) Jamel's.
(c) Elaine's.
(d) Danae's.

8. Who in Elaine's family died of AIDS in 1992?
(a) Frank.
(b) Ronald.
(c) Shyan.
(d) Donjuan.

9. In 2000 to 2001, what is the minimum for a studio apartment on the Lower East Side where Elaine lives and works?
(a) $750.
(b) $600.
(c) $1000.
(d) $1200.

10. What happens on December 19, 1999?
(a) Elaine is released.
(b) Elaine has her second clemency review.
(c) Yvonne Bartlett dies.
(d) The Rockefeller drug laws are repealed.

11. Who is Alfonso Camacho?
(a) Elaine's first parole officer.
(b) Elaine's boyfriend.
(c) Elaine's landlord.
(d) Elaine's boss.

12. What is the return address on most of the letters that Elaine receives in prison in Chapter 11?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Green Haven Correctional Facility.
(c) Rikers Island.
(d) Harlem.

13. What is Jamel wearing on his feet when he visits his mother in Chapter 22?
(a) Tommy Hilfiger sandals.
(b) Dress shoes.
(c) Converse.
(d) Prison-issue shoes.

14. Why says, "The more I waited, the nervouser I got."
(a) Danae.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Jamel.
(d) Apache.

15. Which couple is introduced in Chapter 10 as joining a program to let a prisoner's child stay with them for a week?
(a) Ben and Ethel Jones.
(b) Clive and Janice Davis.
(c) Arlene and Patrick O'Conner.
(d) Amanda and George Reeve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Elaine go grocery shopping in Chapter 20?

2. In Chapter 11, who is sentenced to 63 days in solitary confinement?

3. How much money did the prison give Elaine upon her release?

4. What did Elaine do in the mornings when she first arrived at Bedford Hills?

5. According to Chapter 28, what do friends Elaine and Lora talk most about?

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