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

2. In Chapter 31, when Woodfox got his first contact visit, how many years had it been since his last contact visit?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 18 years.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 15 years.

3. In 1987, for how long might you lose contact visits if you were written up for disclipinary infractions?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 6 months.

4. What was the name of the man Woodfox taught to read?
(a) Louis.
(b) Charles.
(c) William.
(d) Philip.

5. In a sworn statement Leonard Turner gave in Chapter 41, how many men did he say that he saw stab Miller and they were not Wallace, Woodfox, or Montegut?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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 Chapter 37, how old was Scott Fleming?

3. In Chapter 25, how long did it take the man Woodfox taught to read to be able to read at a high school level?

4. In Chapter 38, how long did Woodfox's trial last?

5. At the end of Chapter 37, when was Woodfox's trial date set for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was summer like in a cell?

3. What plea did King have to accept to gain his freedom and why in Chapter 42?

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

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

6. Why did prisoners who needed to see a doctor avoid the hospital?

7. Who was Anita Roddick, and how did she die?

8. How did Violetta die?

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

10. In Chapter 39, what did Woodfox say about the officers at Camp J?

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