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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the 77-year-old prisoner who had been at Bedford Hills longer than anyone?
(a) Ruth Brown.
(b) Shawna Smith.
(c) Betty Franklin.
(d) Jean Harris.

2. What type of organization is Project Renewal?
(a) Low-income housing program.
(b) Residential drug-treatment program.
(c) Program for ex-prisoners.
(d) Program for the mentally ill.

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

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

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

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

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(b) The Rockefeller drug laws are repealed.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

8. What sentence did Elaine receive from the judge on her case?
(a) Twenty-five to life.
(b) Five to life.
(c) Twenty to life.
(d) Fifteen to life.

9. What is the argument over that brings the police to Apartment 13B in Chapter 29?
(a) Getting a job.
(b) Cleaning the apartment.
(c) Bedrooms.
(d) Drugs.

10. In Chapter 29, what single word does Elaine use to describe life on the outside?
(a) Happy.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Scary.
(d) Difficult.

11. Who says, "Who ate my cheese?" in Chapter 24?
(a) Sabrina.
(b) Elaine.
(c) George Lino.
(d) Satara.

12. In Chapter 11, who is sentenced to 63 days in solitary confinement?
(a) Jamel.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Donjuan.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wins a $1.25 million wrongful-imprisonment lawsuit in Chapter 18?

2. What was the minimum sentence for Elaine's crime when she was arrested?

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

4. What job does Elaine first get at Project Renewal?

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

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