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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 name of the girl Woodfox loved in Chapter 3?
(a) Annie.
(b) Peewee.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Maggie.

2. In Chapter 22, who was set up for the murder of a prisoner on his tier?
(a) Hezekiah Brown.
(b) Robert King.
(c) Gerald Bryant.
(d) Chester Jackson.

3. In Chapter 3, how far did Woodfox lead a sheriff's squad on a high-speed chase down the highway?
(a) 17 miles.
(b) 32 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 23 miles.

4. How much did prisoners earn for working in the fields without gloves for a 16 hour day in Chapter 16?
(a) 64 cents.
(b) 80 cents.
(c) 48 cents.
(d) 32 cents.

5. In April of 1970, how many prisoners awaiting trial in the Tombs said they had seen a guard assault an inmate?
(a) 4 out of 10.
(b) 5 out of 10.
(c) 2 out of 10.
(d) 3 out of 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Woodfox born?

2. How old was Robert King when Woodfox met him?

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

4. When was Woodfox released from prison?

5. In Chapter 20, how much did Woodfox learn that Gi and Jill Schafer were paid by the FBI a year to break up the support committee for the Angola 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How was the Black Panther Party started and why?

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

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

9. Why did Woodfox believe that Robert King was accused of murder of a prisoner on his tier?

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

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