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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 does "doing a calendar" in prison mean?
(a) Setting up a cleaning schedule.
(b) Making hash marks on the wall.
(c) Getting your dates served tattooed on your arm.
(d) Serving a full year.

2. On Tuesday, July 14, after Bobo's testimony, Steve says he can understand what about the prison guards?
(a) Why they make prisoners do disgusting chores.
(b) Why they want to get better jobs.
(c) Why they take away your shoelaces and belts.
(d) Why they make such awful food.

3. Why does Moore say she was not working the day Bobo came to see her?
(a) She had been laid off.
(b) She was using a vacation day.
(c) She had hurt her ankle.
(d) She had quit her job.

4. How is King's verdict communicated to the reader?
(a) With a voice over.
(b) Guards handcuff him.
(c) Through a close-up shot of the foreman.
(d) With a newspaper headline.

5. What is Bobo wearing when he comes into the courtroom to testify?
(a) Jeans.
(b) A suit.
(c) A hat.
(d) A prison jumpsuit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Moore related to Bobo?

2. What does Steve say about the pictures of Mr. Nesbitt?

3. What happens during the church service on Sunday, July 12th?

4. How does O'Brien act when Steve asks her what she is doing over the weekend of Saturday, July 11?

5. What is the woman holding in the image reproduced in the Sunday, July 12th section of this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has O'Brien asked Steve to do when his response is to write down Mr. Sawicki's name twice?

2. What does Steve realize about why there are so many fights in prison after church on Sunday, July 12?

3. How is the visual image of the courtroom just before Steve's verdict is read represented?

4. When Briggs questions Henry about identifying King, what does she admit about the photographs the police showed her?

5. What do the prisoners eat for breakfast on Sunday, July 12?

6. Once each lawyer has rested her case, Steve writes in his journal on Friday, July 17 that it's understandable why other prisoners are obsessed with appeals. What does he realize about their obsession?

7. How does the medical examiner say Mr. Nesbitt died?

8. What does Henry mean in the pretrial questioning when she says she is having trouble testifying that King was involved in the crime?

9. Describe the type of music Steve writes in his journal on July 17th that he is going to put on the soundtrack of his film.

10. Why did King visit Ms. Moore on the day of the crime?

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