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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. When did a California Republican assemblyman from Oakland introduce a bill to repeal the California gun law that allowed openly carrying loaded firearms?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1966.

2. In Chapter 5, how many days was Woodfox in the dungeon at Angola?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

3. How old was Woodfox when the Voting Rights Act was passed?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

4. In Chapter 5, what could be used to bribe an inmate clerk to change a disciplinary report from something serious to something minor?
(a) $10.
(b) Carton of cigarettes.
(c) Knife.
(d) $5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, how much money would Woodfox's mother bring when she came to visit?

2. If the prisoners had a hunger strike in Chapter 19, after how many days were prison official required by law to notify the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections?

3. In 1970 how many prisoners were incarcerated in New York City?

4. In Chapter 13, on what tier was Woodfox put at Orleans Parish Prison?

5. What was the date in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what would Woodfox and his friends do after school?

2. What was solitary confinement like at Angola in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 3, why was Woodfox sentenced to two years at the Thibodaux jail?

4. What choices for confinement was Woodfox given at the end of Chapter 3?

5. What was the violence like at Angola in Chapter 4?

6. What were conditions like at the Manhattan House of Detention in Chapter 9?

7. In Chapter 14, what did Woodfox hear about an uprising at Attica?

8. How did Woodfox and others get a chance to speak to the media and Rep. Dorothy Mae Taylor in Chapter 13?

9. When and where was Woodfox born?

10. What happened to the money raised for Woodfox's trial expenses in 1973?

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