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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. Why does Johnny think that "bank money is too serious?"
(a) Because of the stimulus package.
(b) Because bank robberies involve guards.
(c) Because the law cracks down harder on bank robberies.
(d) Because of the exchange rate.

2. Steve says his movie will be not a story of his life, but a story of what?
(a) His past.
(b) His future.
(c) His parents' life story.
(d) His experience in prison.

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

4. What type of criminal charges against Wendell Bolton are dropped?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Possession.
(c) Assault.
(d) Possession with intent to distribute.

5. Why does Acie say he stole the money?
(a) He needed it.
(b) He wanted to buy a present for his mother.
(c) He wanted it.
(d) God told him it was OK.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prisoner who wants to read Steve's screenplay want to do with the word 'Monster'?

2. Why does Steve think Petrocelli is using Bolden's testimony?

3. When we first see Steve in the screenplay description in the first chapter, what is lying on his cot next to him?

4. What does the woman prosecutor call Steve?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Steve's stomach upset on Wednesday, July 8?

2. When the newscaster in Steve's "notes" section of the screenplay asks a passerby if he is shocked by the crime, what is the man's response?

3. In his journal notes for Tuesday, July 7, why does Steve say he needs to keep thinking of the movie?

4. What is Steve doing when the police come to arrest him and take him away from home?

5. In the first journal entry, why does Steve say he does not recognize himself?

6. Why is one of the other prisoners, Acie, not worried about his impending verdict?

7. In the prologue, Steve says "they say you get used to being in jail." What is Steve's take on this passage?

8. What does Steve think his father's crying means?

9. When Steve decides to write a movie, what does he say it will be a story of?

10. Why do prison officials take away prisoners' shoelaces and your belt?

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