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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. What does Cleaver dream of doing with his lawyer in his sleep?

2. What is the second Vignette called?

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

4. What does Cleaver do at 3.20pm?

5. What major crime was Cleaver convicted of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Cleaver say he is in Chapter 6?

7. How does prison change Cleaver?

8. What is punk hunting?

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

10. What problem does the Muslim have with Cleaver's eyes in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Cleaver uses other people in the story to express his ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Cleaver think there is a need for police and military? Did he think rioters had any other choice other than to attack the police and military? Was the attack on the police in particular an example of the American blacks' disorganization?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following people and outline his/her influence on Eldridge Cleaver 's life and ideas.

1) Malcom X

2) Beverly Axelrod

3) President Kennedy

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