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

2. In Chapter 16, how old was Brent Miller when he was stabbed to death?
(a) 31.
(b) 28.
(c) 23.
(d) 36.

3. In a plea deal, how much time would Woodfox have to serve for the armed robbery at Tony's Green Room if he took the deal in Chapter 8?
(a) 7 1/2 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 8 years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Woodfox's mother when they moved back to New Orleans?

2. When was Woodfox born?

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

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

5. How old was the boy that Woodfox saw Joseph Richey follow into the bathroom in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was Paul Fobb an unreliable witness for Brent Miller's murder?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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