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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 1987, for how long might you lose contact visits if you were written up for disclipinary infractions?

2. When ws warden Burl Cain hired at Angola?

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

4. At the end of Chapter 42, how long did Woodfox say that King spent telling people about him and Wallace and trying to obtain their freedom?

5. In Chapter 45, what was a drug commonly used at Angola for mental health issues?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was summer like in a cell?

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

3. What was Woodfox able to show his mom when he was in his 40s?

4. What plea did King have to accept to gain his freedom and why in Chapter 42?

5. What was Herman's life like before he was arrested in 1967?

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

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

8. How did Violetta die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Woodfox was tried and convicted for the murder of Brent Miller, a guard. Was there any evidence that conclusively showed that Woodfox committed the murder? How did witnesses contradict one another? How were witnesses paid for their testimony? What is communicated about injustice through his trial?

Essay Topic 3

Woodfox became friends with Herman Wallace and Robert King. What type of friendship did the men have? Why did they trust one another? Why was their relationship unusual in prison?

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