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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) $1200.
(c) $1000.
(d) $750.

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

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

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

5. Who dies in 1993 from an overdose?
(a) George Deets.
(b) Judge Clyne.
(c) Kenneth Cook.
(d) Frank Bartlett.

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

7. How much did Elaine pay for rent in the first chapter?
(a) $145.
(b) $156.
(c) $127.
(d) $133.

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

9. Who punches Danae in the face in Chapter 27?
(a) Elaine.
(b) Jamel.
(c) Michelle.
(d) A teacher.

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

11. Who tells Elaine about hearing her on the radio talking about the Rockefeller drug laws?
(a) Danae.
(b) Her parole officer.
(c) Jamel.
(d) Apache.

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

13. What program is Elaine rejected for in Chapter 29?
(a) Social Security Disability.
(b) Vocational Rehabilitation.
(c) Section 8.
(d) Unemployment.

14. What news did Elaine have for her mother when she arrived for Elaine's sentencing?
(a) That she was going to be an informer and get off.
(b) That she was pregnant.
(c) That she was marrying Nathan.
(d) That she was going to plead guilty.

15. 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) Five years to life.
(d) Fifteen years to life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose letter does Apache hear being read on television in Chapter 16?

2. When Elaine moves back to Apartment 13B in Chapter 29, who does she share a bedroom with?

3. What is the occasion of Yvonne's last visit to Elaine?

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

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

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