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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 48-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first African American woman to be elected to and serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives?
(a) Yvonne Brathwaite Burke.
(b) Valarie Hodges.
(c) Dorothy Mae Taylor.
(d) Shirley Chisholm.

2. How old was Woodfox whe he thought about the moral compass he had developed in Chapter 32?
(a) 30s.
(b) 35.
(c) 45.
(d) 40s.

3. When was Ruby Edwards born?
(a) July 26, 1929.
(b) June 17, 1929.
(c) May 9, 1929.
(d) April 11, 1929.

4. In Chapter 12, how many men were put in each cell after a riot that Woodfox was involved in?
(a) 5 or 6.
(b) 6 or 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. How much notice did Charles Garretson, the attorney for Woodfox and the others, given notice that Chester Jackson turned state's evidence?
(a) Less than a half an hour.
(b) About 15 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. On August 31, how much time was Wallace given to live?

2. In Chapter 29, how long were the shifts that guards worked?

3. In Chapter 23, how many times a week, weather permitting, would the CCR prisoners get to go in the yard?

4. In Chapter 4, what percent of the fieldwork at Angola was done by hand?

5. In 2016, how many of the 14 physicians employed at Angola had received disciplinary sanctions from the state medical board for misconduct?

(see the answer key)

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