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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does O'Brien say a termite looks like?
(a) An earwig with wings.
(b) A honeybee.
(c) A cockroach with extra legs.
(d) An ant with wings.

2. In the prologue, Steve is surprised that the prisoners still do what, even though they are strangers?
(a) Find ways to love each other.
(b) Find reasons to hurt each other.
(c) Get along well.
(d) Ignore each other.

3. If Steve is sentenced to 25 years to life, at least how much time will he have to serve, according to O'Brien?
(a) 15 years and 3 months.
(b) 24 years and 6 months.
(c) 21 years and 3 months.
(d) 20 years.

4. Why does Steve think Petrocelli is using Bolden's testimony?
(a) Because he is a criminal and also black.
(b) Because it will lead to him and King.
(c) Because Petrocelli is a liar.
(d) Because O'Brien cannot object.

5. What does Steve wonder in the prologue if he will still do what when the trial is over?
(a) Be able to breathe.
(b) Have any friends.
(c) Recognize himself.
(d) Be in prison.

6. According to Steve in the prologue, when is the best time to cry?
(a) During visiting hours.
(b) In private.
(c) In the morning.
(d) At night.

7. What is Steve's last name?
(a) Hawthorne.
(b) Hamann.
(c) Harmon.
(d) Hamad.

8. In Steve's notes for Tuesday, July 7th, he notes that one prisoner has a knife. What is this knife actually made of?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A pen.
(c) A hairbursh handle.
(d) A toothbrush handle.

9. What is Steve's cot made out of?
(a) Canvas.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Metal.
(d) Wood.

10. What does the prisoner who wants to read Steve's screenplay want to do with the word 'Monster'?
(a) Tattoo it on his forehead.
(b) Write a book called "Monster."
(c) Change his name to Monster.
(d) Learn to say it in different languages.

11. Steve says prison is like what kind of movie?
(a) A horror movie.
(b) A movie with no plot and no beginning.
(c) A made-for-television movie.
(d) A movie in technicolor.

12. What does O'Brien say to Steve after Osvaldo's testimony that makes him discouraged?
(a) That Osvaldo is trustworthy.
(b) That things look bad for him.
(c) That she knows what he is really like.
(d) That she thinks he is guilty.

13. What color suit is Steve wearing when Osvaldo identifies him in court?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Striped.
(d) Gray.

14. In his journal from Wednesday, July 8, where does Steve say that he does not feel involved with his own case?
(a) In court.
(b) On the bus.
(c) At home.
(d) In jail.

15. In the prologue, Steve says if anyone is prison knows you are crying, what will happen?
(a) They will beat you up only.
(b) They will also cry.
(c) They will talk about it only.
(d) They will talk about it and beat you up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the "guy who is going on trial for killing his wife" whom Steve knows in prison?

2. What stolen goods does Wendell Bolton buy?

3. What does B&E mean, in the context of this book's courtroom scenes?

4. According to Osvaldo, how old is Bobo?

5. What does Steve say about the camera in the kind of movie he feels his life is like in the prologue?

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