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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 has Steve never seen his father do?
(a) Swear.
(b) Yell.
(c) Cry.
(d) Hit.

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

3. What time of day does Steve say someone in prison might get beaten up for sniffling?
(a) At breakfast.
(b) At lunch.
(c) At nap time.
(d) When the lights go out.

4. Steve's father tells Steve that although he had never made the team for this sport, he hopes Steve will. What sport is he talking about?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Football.
(d) Tennis.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What action on Acie's part does Steve say really "got to me"?

3. When Steve decides to write a movie, where does he say he learned to block out scenes?

4. The prologue of Monster is written in what style?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when a preacher comes to visit the prisoners?

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

3. What does James King look like on the first day of the trial?

4. 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?

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

6. Why does the first shot of the movie (Monday, July 6) feature Steve lying with the blanket over his head?

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

8. How does Detective Karyl describe the crime scene at the pharmacy?

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

10. Describe the kind of movie Steve says it feels as if he has stepped into?

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