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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 talk about the need for in this section?

2. Who does Cleaver say he has renounced?

3. Which black leader conceived Yacub's History?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cleaver's afternoon routine.

2. How does prison change Cleaver?

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

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

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

6. Summarize the chapter.

7. What is Cleaver's opinion on relationships?

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

9. What is Yacub's history?

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

Why did President Kennedy represent great hope for Afro-Americans? How did his death affect the Afro-American community? How do you think things would have been different if President Kennedy had lived?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine black femininity.

1) In what way could female Afro-Americans be seen as among the most oppressed people in America in the first part of the twentieth century?

2) What is Cleaver's view of black femininity in the book?

3) Why do you think Cleaver's attitude toward women has changed so much?

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