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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Briggs think Wendell Bolton's true motivation is for fingering King in the robbery?
(a) So his charges will be dropped.
(b) So he can collect the reward.
(c) So he will get a more lenient sentence.
(d) So he will be sent to a more friendly jail.

2. What does Steve notice about the other prisoners in his journal from Wednesday, July 8?
(a) Some of them are women.
(b) They are all pretty young.
(c) There are many who are younger than he is.
(d) Most of them are old.

3. Which two items are taken away from prisoners, according to Steve?
(a) Glasses and medicine.
(b) Shoelaces and belts.
(c) Money and shoes.
(d) Shoes and shoelaces.

4. 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 hairbursh handle.
(c) A pen.
(d) A toothbrush handle.

5. How old is Mr. Nesbitt at the time of his murder?
(a) 46.
(b) 43.
(c) 55.
(d) 89.

6. What does Steve say about the camera in the kind of movie he feels his life is like in the prologue?
(a) That it is a hidden camera.
(b) That it stays far away.
(c) That it is a broken camera.
(d) That it moves in too close.

7. What part of the movie does Steve feel like he has walked into in the prologue?
(a) The credits.
(b) The climax.
(c) The beginning.
(d) The middle.

8. What reason does Steve provide for why two particular items are taken away from prisoners?
(a) To encourage rehabilitation.
(b) To prevent recidivism.
(c) To prevent suicide.
(d) To prevent violence.

9. Why does the prisoner who wants to read Steve's screenplay say he likes the screenplay?
(a) Because of the resolution.
(b) Because of the action.
(c) Because of the tattoos.
(d) Because of the title.

10. In the credits in Chapter 1, Osvaldo Cruz is credited as what?
(a) Tough Guy.
(b) Thug.
(c) Weakling.
(d) Tough Guy Wannabe.

11. The stage directions refer to Wendell Bolden's hands as what?
(a) Giant, dry.
(b) Large, ashy.
(c) Sweaty, cracked.
(d) Tiny, dry.

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

13. In the credits in Chapter One, Kathy O'Brien is credited as what?
(a) Assistant D.A.
(b) Doubting Defense Attorney.
(c) District Doubter.
(d) Defense Attorney with Doubts.

14. How many ambulances respond to the drugstore crime?
(a) Unkown.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

15. What is the name of the prisoner who wants to read Steve's screenplay?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Sunner.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Sunset.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subtitle of the movie listed in the credits in Chapter 1?

2. If Steve is sentenced to 25 years to life, at least how much time will he have to serve, according to O'Brien?

3. Why does Johnny think that "bank money is too serious?"

4. Who calls Steve "youngblood" in the screenplay following the note of Tuesday, July 7?

5. What type of criminal charges against Wendell Bolton are dropped?

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