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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 think draws Axelrod to him?

2. What did Cleaver pin up on the wall of his cell?

3. What did a man in San Quentin say Cleaver had in his eyes?

4. What does Cleaver call the bath he takes in the morning?

5. To what does Cleaver liken being associated to Watts?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has Malcolm X changed Cleaver's view of racial difficulties?

3. What is Cleaver's opinion on relationships?

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

5. What are the prisoners' views on lawyers?

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

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

8. Summarize the first vignette in this chapter.

9. Why is Beverly Axelrod attracted to Cleaver?

10. Why is Cleaver in love with his lawyer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Outline Cleaver's prison routine. How do the students think this routine benefited Cleaver? How did Cleaver make the most of his days?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Cleaver's time in prison.

1) What concessions did Cleaver have to make in prison to survive?

2) How did prison change Cleaver?

3) What kind of person do the students think Cleaver would have become if he had not gone to prison?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine how it helped to bridge the racial gap:

1) Popular music

2) The Twist

3) President Kennedy

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