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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. 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?

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

3. In Chapter 8, how many times did Woodfox say that he was charged with rape?

4. In Chapter 20, how long did the jury deliberate at Woodfox's trial before returning a guilty verdict?

5. In Chapter 4, what was the name of the only prisoner who tried to rape Woodfox?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 14, what did Woodfox hear about an uprising at Attica?

7. In Chapter 8, what did it mean to "clean the books" (53) and how did it affect Woodfox?

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

9. What choices for confinement was Woodfox given at the end of Chapter 3?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Woodfox and Wallace initiated protests against problems they had in the prison. What were some protests that Woodfox and Wallace initiated? What power did these protests have to create change?

Essay Topic 2

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood Solitary, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood during different periods of Woodfox’s life?

Essay Topic 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help reader’s imagine the world he lived in?

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