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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Gary Tyler when he was convicted of shooting and killing a white 13-year-old boy?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

2. In Chapter 23, how many times a week, weather permitting, would the CCR prisoners get to go in the yard?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. In Chapter 28, when would a nurse or EMT come to the tier to see if anyone needed medical treatment?
(a) Between 2 and 4 a.m.
(b) Between 1 and 3 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

4. When did Joseph Richey swear that he was taking antipsychotic medications when Miller died?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2008.

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

6. In Chapter 24, when did Angola quit being under federal government control?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1996.

7. 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?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2004.

8. In Chapter 32, how many men were on a tier?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

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

10. When did Woodfox write his poem I Wait?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1980.

11. In Chapter 45, what was a drug commonly used at Angola for mental health issues?
(a) Prolixin.
(b) Seroquel.
(c) Trazodone.
(d) Caplyta.

12. In Chapter 43, when was King granted a new trial?
(a) February 2001.
(b) January 2001.
(c) November 2000.
(d) December 2000.

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

14. When was Herman Wallace arested on a bank robbery charge?
(a) September 1967.
(b) January 1967.
(c) July 1967.
(d) March 1967.

15. When was Wallace's claim denied that the state withheld evidence that Hezekiah Brown was paid for his testimony did the court disagree that a valid Brady claim existed?
(a) October 9, 2007.
(b) August 23, 2007.
(c) November 19, 2007.
(d) September 1, 2007.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what university was the psychologist that Wallace and Woodfox talked to in Chapter 45?

2. When Woodfox was at Camp J in Chapter 31, how long were the prisoners made to work in the fields?

3. What prisoners did Woodfox help in Chapter 36?

4. At the end of Chapter 42, how long did Woodfox say that King spent telling people about him and Wallace and trying to obtain their freedom?

5. In Chapter 39 with the appeal Kathy Flynn Simino filed in 1999, how many chances did Woodfox have to appeal in state court?

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