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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 13, when was a prison guard taken hostage?

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

3. In Chapter 10, what was the bail for those who were part of the Panther 21?

4. When was the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense started?

5. What type of vehicle did Woodfox trade for in Chapter 8 for a van full of cigarettes he got in a robbery?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to the money raised for Woodfox's trial expenses in 1973?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the memoir? Why is it not a biography?

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