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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many acres of farmland made up Angola in Chapter 4?

2. When were laws passed to eliminate inmate guards at Angola, racially integrate prisoners, and implement health protocols?

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

4. At what distance was it later discovered that Paul Fobb's eyesight was so bad he could not have identified anyone?

5. When did Woodfox have his first child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Woodfox and Herman Wallace work to stop the sex trade at Angola?

7. In Chapter 10, what did Woodfox learn from the Black Panthers?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leontine “Teenie” Rogers was the widow of Brent Miller. Why did she begin to support Woodfox and believe that he was innocent? Why did she believe that there had been a miscarriage of justice in the investigation of her husband’s murder?

Essay Topic 2

Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding what is happening difficult?

Essay Topic 3

Deidre Howard served on a grand jury and learned later that she was given incomplete and misleading information about Woodfox’s case. What did experiences that Woodfox and Howard had with the legal system reveal about legal abuse?

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