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

2. How long after his mother died did Woodfox write the poem Echoes?

3. From what university was the psychologist that Wallace and Woodfox talked to in Chapter 45?

4. When was Herman Wallace arested on a bank robbery charge?

5. In Chapter 39 with the appeal Kathy Flynn Simino filed in 1999, how many chances did Woodfox have to appeal in state court?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was summer like in a cell?

3. How did Woodfox, Wallace, and King become the Angola 3 in Chapter 40?

4. When were the CCR prisoners given yard and what was the yard like?

5. In Chapter 24, how did things change at Angola when Ross Maggio became the warden?

6. What side deal did Warden Burl Cain have going in Chapter 35?

7. How might Woodfox's cell be ransacked during a shakedown in Chapter 29?

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

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

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

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 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

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?

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