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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Elaine moves back to Apartment 13B in Chapter 29, who does she share a bedroom with?
(a) Sabrina.
(b) Apache.
(c) Satara.
(d) Danae.

3. What year was Elaine arrested?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1981.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Yvonne moves into Wald Houses in 1980. Which apartment does she get?

2. What is South Forty?

3. Where does Elaine take her granddaughter Tenea when Chapter 22 begins?

4. In Chapter 29, what single word does Elaine use to describe life on the outside?

5. Who in Elaine's family died of AIDS in 1992?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jamel's appearance when Elaine visits him at Riker's Island.

2. By 1998, what changes had the Rockefeller drug laws had on the New York prison system?

3. Elaine searches Apartment 13B for signs of her mother. What does she find?

4. What are the O'Connors of Katonah like?

5. What is it like for Apache on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota?

6. What is Alfonso Camacho's background? Do you think Alfonso Camacho is a good parole officer? Why or why not?

7. In Chapter 19, what does Elaine do with the $40 send-off money that the prison gave her?

8. What educational opportunities is Elaine involved with while in prison?

9. What is the purpose of South Forty?

10. What information does Elaine include in a letter asking to be considered for clemency?

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