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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Woodfox and King go on a hunger strike in Chapter 24?
(a) 30 days.
(b) 45 days.
(c) 15 days.
(d) 20 days.

2. When should Woodfox have been released from prison in Chapter 35?
(a) March 9, 1996.
(b) April 29, 1996.
(c) May 11, 1996.
(d) February 23, 1996.

3. Where did the judge move the trial for Woodfox in Chapter 33?
(a) Roseland.
(b) Arcola.
(c) Amite City.
(d) Fluker.

4. In Chapter 29, how long were the shifts that guards worked?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 14 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

5. In Chapter 37, how old was Scott Fleming?
(a) 26.
(b) 24.
(c) 25.
(d) 27.

6. In a sworn statement Leonard Turner gave in Chapter 41, how many men did he say that he saw stab Miller and they were not Wallace, Woodfox, or Montegut?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

7. In Chapter 32, what book did Woodfox read by Richard Wright?
(a) Uncle Tom's Children.
(b) The Outsider.
(c) Black Boy.
(d) Native Son.

8. How long was Wallace in Camp J in Chapter 43 when he was taken to the dungeon?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 6 months.

9. When did Woodfox get a rash around his waist that would not clear up?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1981.

10. In Chapter 36, how long after Herman filed his post-conviction relief application did he get a hearing?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 2 years.

11. When the federal government took over running Angola, how often were prisoner's housing assignments supposed to be reviewed?
(a) Every 6 months.
(b) Every 3 months.
(c) Every 90 days.
(d) Every 180 days.

12. When Woodfox, Wallace, and King were in Camp J in Chapter 39, how much time did they spend in their cells each day?
(a) 23 hours and 45 minutes.
(b) 23 hours and 30 minutes.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 23 hours.

13. When were CCR prisoners given a yard?
(a) Around 1976 and 1977.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1978.
(d) Between 1974 and 1975.

14. In Chapter 43, when was it ruled that Wallace and Woodfox's civil suit against cruel and unusual punishment could move forward?
(a) March 2002.
(b) April 2002.
(c) January 2002.
(d) February 2002.

15. In Chapter 36, how long was Woodfox at Amite before he was moved?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 11 weeks.
(c) 9 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 39, when was Woodfox sentenced to natural life without the possibility of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence?

2. When was the Black Panther Party said to have officially ended operations?

3. When did Woodfox start protesting the strip searches in Chapter 26?

4. In Chapter 44, when did a team of New York-based lawyers take on the civil lawsuit that Woodfox and Wallace had filed against their solitary confinement?

5. In what ward was Herman Wallace raised?

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