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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 Chapter 5, what could be used to bribe an inmate clerk to change a disciplinary report from something serious to something minor?

2. In Chapter 3, how far did Woodfox lead a sheriff's squad on a high-speed chase down the highway?

3. In Chapter 4, what percent of the fieldwork at Angola was done by hand?

4. On the street, how much time did the Panthers require recruits to read a day?

5. In Chapter 21, how many alibi witnesses did Herman have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Woodfox break his addiction to drugs in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

6. How was the Black Panther Party started and why?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what would Woodfox and his friends do after school?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Woodfox’s mother was a strong influence in his life. Why was there a time when Woodfox did not respect or listen to his mother? How and why did their relationship change?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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