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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 36, how long after Herman filed his post-conviction relief application did he get a hearing?
2. In Chapter 37, how old was Scott Fleming?
3. In Chapter 41, how many stitches did Howard Baker say he received at Angola, and he only had an inmate to sew him up?
4. When did Joseph Richey swear that he was taking antipsychotic medications when Miller died?
5. In Chapter 23, how many times a week, weather permitting, would the CCR prisoners get to go in the yard?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Woodfox deal with his claustrophobic attacks at the end of Chapter 47?
2. In Chapter 39, what did Woodfox say about the officers at Camp J?
3. What side deal did Warden Burl Cain have going in Chapter 35?
4. What was summer like in a cell?
5. What was Herman's life like before he was arrested in 1967?
6. When was the closest that Woodfox ever came to breaking and why?
7. In Chapter 41, what did Woodfox and his attorneys learn about Joseph Richey, and why could they not use the information?
8. In Chapter 31, how long had it been since Woodfox had a contact visit and what was the visit like?
9. What did Woodfox have to get used to when he was let out in the general prison population in Amite City?
10. Who was Craig Haney, and what did his research show about solitary confinement?
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 suffered institutional racism from the time he was a child. What is institutional racism? How did it affect Woodfox’s life and the lives of his friends and family?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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