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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. Where did Woodfox and a friend go to buy heroin in Chapter 7?
2. 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?
3. What were prisoners given to eat who were put in the "dungeon" (29) in Chapter 4?
4. What type of vehicle did Woodfox trade for in Chapter 8 for a van full of cigarettes he got in a robbery?
5. In Chapter 3, how far did Woodfox lead a sheriff's squad on a high-speed chase down the highway?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were conditions like at the Manhattan House of Detention in Chapter 9?
2. What happened to the money raised for Woodfox's trial expenses in 1973?
3. When and where was Woodfox born?
4. How did Woodfox and others get a chance to speak to the media and Rep. Dorothy Mae Taylor in Chapter 13?
5. Why did Woodfox believe that Robert King was accused of murder of a prisoner on his tier?
6. Why did a former prisoner named Billy Sinclair say that he believed that Woodfox and Herman Wallace were innocent?
7. How was the Black Panther Party started and why?
8. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what would Woodfox and his friends do after school?
9. Who was Brent Miller and how did he die?
10. In Chapter 6, why did Woodfox work on maintaining a tough reputation in prison?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Woodfox, Wallace, and King protested against practices in prison. Why did Woodfox, Wallace, and King protest against solitary confinement, strip searches, and other practices in prison? Why did they consider those practices to be cruel and unusual punishment?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Woodfox suffered institutional racism from the time he was a child. What is institutional racism? How did it affect Woodfox’s life and the lives of his friends and family?
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