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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action performed by the prison guards did Baldwin think demoralized him as a human being?
(a) Removal of one's shoelace and belts.
(b) Deliberately not feeding the inmates.
(c) Branding each prisoner with their inmate number.
(d) Restriction of one's religious beliefs.

2. Where did Baldwin and his white friend from New York go on Baldwin's last night in New Jersey?
(a) To downtown New York City.
(b) To the casino.
(c) Atlantic City, NJ.
(d) To the movies and to have drinks.

3. What reason does Baldwin give for not believing that ex-GIs traveled to Paris to study?
(a) Because ex-GIs rarely attended their courses.
(b) Because ex-GIs did not like in the student colony.
(c) Because ex-GIs went to Paris for the culture.
(d) Because the ex-GIs could study the same things in the United States.

4. What is one way that Baldwin claims a person can become entrenched in the Parisian lifestyle?
(a) Living with a French Family.
(b) Visiting the American embassy in France.
(c) Eating a French cafes.
(d) Marrying a French citizen.

5. Where was Baldwin's father born?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Harlem.
(d) St. Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Baldwin give for Blacks living in Paris?

2. How far was the Fresnes prison from Paris?

3. In total, how many days did Baldwin spend in the French prison system?

4. Who offered to contact someone outside of the prison on behalf of Baldwin?

5. How many schoolhouses are located in the Swiss village?

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