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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 only day that Cleaver does not work?
(a) Monday
(b) Friday
(c) Sunday
(d) Saturday

2. What did the U.S Supreme Court outlaw in 1954?
(a) Hanging
(b) Alcohol
(c) Gay marriage
(d) Segregation

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

4. What reason does Cleaver give for being in love with his lawyer?
(a) She is a mother figure
(b) They share the same opinions
(c) She is patient with him
(d) She listens to him

5. Whose assassination does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Martin Luther King
(c) President Kennedy
(d) Malcolm X

Short Answer Questions

1. What made people feel pride about being associated with Watts?

2. Which of the following does Cleaver not say black leaders are faced with?

3. What does Cleaver say he washed his hands in?

4. What does Cleaver admit he was in love with in this opening chapter?

5. What major crime was Cleaver convicted of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cleaver's opinion of women while he is in prison?

2. Describe Cleaver's encounter with a woman on Main Street.

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

4. Why did Cleaver lose respect for James Baldwin?

5. What happened to Paul Robeson when he spoke out for black rights?

6. Why is Cleaver in love with his lawyer?

7. What is the relationship between whites and blacks in the prison?

8. How did Elijah Muhammed supporters react to Malcolm X's death?

9. What is Cleaver's opinion of his prison sentence?

10. Why does Cleaver think Malcolm was such a magnetic personality?

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