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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what made someone an instant celebrity in Bedford Hills prison?
(a) Becoming pregnant.
(b) Killing another prisoner.
(c) Gaining clemency.
(d) Gifts from family.

2. What is South Forty?
(a) An employment agency for former prisoners.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A place where Elaine gets a job.
(d) A club.

3. What was the minimum sentence for Elaine's crime when she was arrested?
(a) Twenty years to life.
(b) Twenty-five years to life.
(c) Fifteen years to life.
(d) Five years to life.

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

5. Who is Cassandra and what does she give Elaine as a welcome home present?
(a) An old friend; a new outfit.
(b) Apache's girlfriend; flowers.
(c) Elaine's niece; a party.
(d) Mother of Jamel's son; $1,500.

6. Who is arrested two months after Frankie dies?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Jamel.
(c) Apache.
(d) Sabrina.

7. After Yvonne was arrested for selling heroin, where did Elaine spend two years?
(a) With her grandmother.
(b) Mount Loretto.
(c) With her father.
(d) Foster care.

8. Who is Nathan?
(a) Elaine's son.
(b) Elaine's brother.
(c) Elaine's boss.
(d) Elaine's boyfriend.

9. Elaine, along with Harris, Boudin, and Clark were known as what at Bedford Hills prison?
(a) Long-termers.
(b) Matrons.
(c) Fresh meat.
(d) Model prisoners.

10. Who wears a different color wig every week in Part 2?
(a) Elaine.
(b) Sabrina.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Yvonne.

11. Who is released from prison in 1987, according to Chapter 9.
(a) Elaine.
(b) Elaine's sister, Sabrina.
(c) Elaine's brother, Shyan.
(d) Elaine's brother, Frank.

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

13. What subway line does Elaine take to get to the Greenpoint YMCA?
(a) C train.
(b) G train.
(c) D train.
(d) A train.

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

15. What journalist turns Elaine's cause into a personal crusade?
(a) Geraldo Rivera.
(b) Charles Grodin.
(c) Diane Sawyer.
(d) Mike Wallace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on December 19, 1999?

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

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

4. In Chapter 27, who does Elaine think Dane is spending too much time with?

5. What year was Elaine arrested?

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