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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sent Jamel to prison a second time in Chapter 14?
(a) Selling heroin to an undercover officer.
(b) Shooting someone.
(c) Having a gun.
(d) Possession of cocaine with intent to sell.

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

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

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

5. Who hugs Elaine and calls her "Ma" at Danae's basketball games in Chapter 27?
(a) The coach.
(b) Neighborhood boys.
(c) Danae.
(d) Danae's friend.

6. Who bought a gun at the age of 12?
(a) Shyan.
(b) Apache.
(c) Ronald.
(d) Jamel.

7. Who helps Elaine get a room at the YMCA for ten nights in Chapter 25?
(a) Women's Prison Association.
(b) Lora.
(c) South Forty.
(d) Women's Parole Association.

8. Yvonne is Elaine's mother. How many children did she have?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

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

10. According to Chapter 28, what do friends Elaine and Lora talk most about?
(a) Work.
(b) Drug law reform.
(c) Men.
(d) Family.

11. What celebrity joins the rally at Rockefeller Center on the 25th anniversary of the Rockefeller drug laws?
(a) Randy Credico.
(b) Al "Grandpa" Munster.
(c) Richard Gere.
(d) Glenn Close.

12. Selling how much cocaine constitutes an A-1 felony at the time Chapter Six takes place?
(a) Three ounces.
(b) Two ounces.
(c) Four ounces.
(d) One ounce.

13. What year were the Rockefeller drug laws passed?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1976.

14. Who wins a $1.25 million wrongful-imprisonment lawsuit in Chapter 18?
(a) Donna Charles.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Betty Tyson.
(d) Kathy Boudin.

15. Who says in Chapter 10, "I have to break the cycle."
(a) Nathan.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Jamel.
(d) Apache.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is released from prison in 1987, according to Chapter 9.

2. Whose nickname was "Maximum John?"

3. Which of Elaine's children sometimes snuck out of Yvonne's apartment to visit Elaine?

4. How many grocery carts does Elaine fill up on her first grocery shopping trip out of prison?

5. Who is Alfonso Camacho?

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