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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the guard say Cleaver could have up on his cell wall?
(a) A Van Gogh painting
(b) A picture of a black women
(c) A picture of Jesus
(d) A picture of his mother

2. What did the prison authoriites try to eliminate?
(a) Writing letters
(b) The Muslim movement
(c) Black prisoners
(d) Violence

3. What does Cleaver sometimes do instead of his exercises?
(a) Phone his mother
(b) Write
(c) Meditate
(d) Steal food

4. What does Cleaver do at 7.30 am?
(a) Writes letters
(b) Eats breakfast
(c) Wrestles
(d) Goes to work

5. What do the inmates have three times a week?
(a) A visitor
(b) Letters
(c) A beer
(d) A free evening

6. What did Cleaver do when the women sang at him?
(a) Fell to his knees
(b) Ran away
(c) Cry
(d) Laugh

7. Which of the following words does Cleaver decide to use to refer to the white man?
(a) Mongrel
(b) Imperialist
(c) Killer
(d) Power monger

8. What does Cleaver dream of doing with his lawyer in his sleep?
(a) Playing tennis
(b) Marrying
(c) Having sex
(d) Carrying on a conversation

9. What does Cleaver say Baldwin's books express a hatred for?
(a) Hetrosexuals
(b) Whites
(c) Blacks
(d) Women

10. What did a man in San Quentin say Cleaver had in his eyes?
(a) The white devil
(b) Stars
(c) The mark of a beast
(d) Deepness

11. What does Cleaver call the bath he takes in the morning?
(a) A Roman bath
(b) A bird bath
(c) A mud bath
(d) A bitter bath

12. Which of Baldwin's books changed Cleaver's mind about him?
(a) Last Exit to Brooklyn
(b) Another Country
(c) Notes From a Native Son
(d) Go Tell It to the Mountains

13. Which Norman Mailer book does Cleaver mention in this chapter?
(a) The Fight
(b) The White Negro
(c) Last Man Standing
(d) The Sound and the Fury

14. Who does Cleaver say he has renounced?
(a) Uncle Tom
(b) James Baldwin
(c) Elijah Muhammed
(d) Malcom X

15. Why were whites willing to support a black man?
(a) They could feel good about themselves
(b) They could make money from him
(c) There was no alternative
(d) They could promote a good image for America

Short Answer Questions

1. Which freedom rider does Cleaver mention in this chapter?

2. What Biblical figure does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?

3. Why did the guard rip down Cleaver's poster?

4. What does Cleaver do at 3.20pm?

5. What did Robeson speak out for?

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