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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 is Steve doing in the screenplay when he overhears two women with accents from the neighborhood?
(a) Playing basketball.
(b) Robbing a man.
(c) Hanging out with friends.
(d) Doing homework.

2. According to Osvaldo, how old is Bobo?
(a) 16.
(b) 24.
(c) 14.
(d) 22.

3. How does Detective Karyl describe the scene when he enters the drugstore?
(a) "Pretty gruesome."
(b) "Uncomfortable."
(c) "Horrifying."
(d) "All in a day's work."

4. In what is Steve writing down his story?
(a) A notebook.
(b) On his arm.
(c) On the walls of his cell.
(d) The margins of his Bible.

5. What stolen goods does Wendell Bolton buy?
(a) Boxes of cigars.
(b) Cartons of cigarettes.
(c) Bottles of alcohol.
(d) Razor blades.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 Steve think Petrocelli is using Bolden's testimony?

4. What do the guards do after the prisoner starts a fight when the preacher visits?

5. What crime is prisoner Acie accused of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Steve not hungry on the morning of Monday, July 6?

2. Why does O'Brien say things are looking bad for Steve's case after Osvaldo's testimony?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Steve say in his journal for Tuesday, July 7, that all the other prisoners are always talking about?

8. How does the typeface of Steve's journal entries indicate stress or special meaning on certain words?

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

10. 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?

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