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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Cleaver's lawyer?
(a) Lauren Aluminion
(b) Beverly Axelrod
(c) Denise Battleaxe
(d) Bessie Ramrod

2. Where was the woman sitting in the Eyes story?
(a) In a restaurant
(b) On a shoeshine stand
(c) Next to a fountain
(d) In a department store

3. What does Cleaver say he has access to on the honor block?
(a) The radio
(b) Women
(c) Television
(d) Books

4. What does Cleaver vow the black will have?
(a) His peace
(b) His manhood
(c) His own country
(d) His freedom

5. What writer does Cleaver say he was a huge fan of?
(a) Richard Wright
(b) Norman Mailer
(c) Hubert Selby Jr
(d) James Baldwin

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cleaver say that younger whites lost respect for cowboys?

2. What does Cleaver call Rufus Scott?

3. What does Claever talk about in connection with sex?

4. What does Cleaver say is the first step in white rebellion?

5. What did Cleaver want the prison system to provide?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Cleaver in love with his lawyer?

2. Why did Cleaver become involved in the Catholic Church while in prison?

3. Describe Cleaver's morning routine while in prison.

4. How does prison change Cleaver?

5. Why did Cleaver lose respect for James Baldwin?

6. What is Yacub's history?

7. Why was Ali seen as such a threat to American society?

8. Why does Cleaver think there are so few black leaders?

9. Why does the prison guard tear down Cleaver's pin up poster?

10. What does the fact that Cleaver has attained a cell in the Honor Block say about him?

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