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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. In Chapter 15, who was the Black Panther Woodfox worked with to start a Black Panther chapter at Angola?
(a) Herman Wallace.
(b) Denzil Dowell.
(c) Huey Newton.
(d) Eldridge Cleaver.

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

3. When was King retried for murder and convicted a second time in Chapter 22?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1975.

4. When was Woodfox born?
(a) February 3, 1947.
(b) February 19, 1947.
(c) February 16, 1947.
(d) February 28, 1947.

5. In Chapter 8, how many times did Woodfox say that he was charged with rape?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did the judge sentence Woodfox in Chapter 9?

2. In Chapter 9, who did Woodfox pretend to be when he was arrested and put in prison in New York?

3. At what distance was it later discovered that Paul Fobb's eyesight was so bad he could not have identified anyone?

4. How much notice did Charles Garretson, the attorney for Woodfox and the others, given notice that Chester Jackson turned state's evidence?

5. How old was Woodfox when he first met his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Woodfox describe how his first child was born in Chapter 2?

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

4. In Chapter 6, why did Woodfox work on maintaining a tough reputation in prison?

5. Why did Woodfox's mother leave her husband, James Mable?

6. In Chapter 8, what did it mean to "clean the books" (53) and how did it affect Woodfox?

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

8. In Chapter 10, what did Woodfox learn from the Black Panthers?

9. How did Woodfox break his addiction to drugs in Chapter 7?

10. What did Woodfox determine he would do at the end of Chapter 12?

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