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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 28, when would a nurse or EMT come to the tier to see if anyone needed medical treatment?
(a) Between 1 and 3 a.m.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) Between 2 and 4 a.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

2. In Chapter 29, how long were the shifts that guards worked?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 14 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

3. When did Woodfox write his poem I Wait?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1981.

4. What prisoners did Woodfox help in Chapter 36?
(a) Brazilians.
(b) Columbians.
(c) Cubans.
(d) Mexicans.

5. When was the Black Panther Party said to have officially ended operations?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1983.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Gary Tyler when he was convicted of shooting and killing a white 13-year-old boy?

2. In 1987, for how long might you lose contact visits if you were written up for disclipinary infractions?

3. In Chapter 31, when Woodfox got his first contact visit, how many years had it been since his last contact visit?

4. In Chapter 43, when was King granted a new trial?

5. In Chapter 37, how old was Scott Fleming?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Craig Haney, and what did his research show about solitary confinement?

2. When was the closest that Woodfox ever came to breaking and why?

3. In Chapter 37, why did Woodfox's trial have to be postponed from November to December 1998?

4. What did Woodfox believe was his greatest achievement in Chapter 25?

5. What was summer like in a cell?

6. What did people say after Woodfox's trial ended in Chapter 38?

7. How did Violetta die?

8. When were the CCR prisoners given yard and what was the yard like?

9. What did Woodfox have to get used to when he was let out in the general prison population in Amite City?

10. In Chapter 24, how did things change at Angola when Ross Maggio became the warden?

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