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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 26, how many days in isolation did Woodfox receive the first time he refused to submit to a strip search?

2. In Chapter 28, when would a nurse or EMT come to the tier to see if anyone needed medical treatment?

3. In Chapter 39, when was Woodfox sentenced to natural life without the possibility of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence?

4. In Chapter 32, how many men were on a tier?

5. In Chapter 35, how much was it learned that Hezekiah Brown was paid weekly for his testimony against Woodfox during his trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did prisoners who needed to see a doctor avoid the hospital?

2. When was the closest that Woodfox ever came to breaking and why?

3. In Chapter 34, where was Woodfox's trial held, and why was that an issue?

4. In Chapter 31, how long had it been since Woodfox had a contact visit and what was the visit like?

5. What did Woodfox have to get used to when he was let out in the general prison population in Amite City?

6. In Chapter 37, why did Woodfox's trial have to be postponed from November to December 1998?

7. Who was Anita Roddick, and how did she die?

8. How did Violetta die?

9. In Chapter 39, what did Woodfox say about the officers at Camp J?

10. How did Woodfox deal with his claustrophobic attacks at the end of Chapter 47?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Woodfox spent over 40 years in solitary confinement. How did solitary confinement affect Woodfox mentally, emotionally, and physically? What did he do to try to survive? Why were his actions necessary to help him survive?

Essay Topic 3

How did Woodfox discover that leaders should be willing to sacrifice to achieve their goals? What did he discover about sacrifice? Why did he come to believe that sacrifice was essential to bring about change?

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