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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. What was the first job that Woodfox was fired from in Chapter 6?
(a) Hotel porter.
(b) Dishwasher.
(c) Car wash attendant.
(d) Car lot attendant.

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

3. 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.

4. On the street, how much time did the Panthers require recruits to read a day?
(a) 90 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) An hour.
(d) 45 minutes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what was the name of the only prisoner who tried to rape Woodfox?

2. In Chapter 7, how much money was Woodfox given when he left Angola?

3. In Chapter 10, what was the bail for those who were part of the Panther 21?

4. In Chapter 2, what was the name of the boy who bullied Woodfox and that Woodfox finally beat up?

5. When did Woodfox remember that he won his first law suit in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the most effective way of protesting and why in Chapter 19?

2. Who was Brent Miller and how did he die?

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

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

5. Why did a former prisoner named Billy Sinclair say that he believed that Woodfox and Herman Wallace were innocent?

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

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

8. When and where was Woodfox born?

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

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

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