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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 is the only day that Cleaver does not work?

2. What does Cleaver say the white prisoners were anxious for following Malcolm X's assassination?

3. Which singer does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?

4. What other black writer does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?

5. What does Cleaver say Elijah preached?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Cleaver in love with his lawyer?

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

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

5. Summarize the chapter.

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

7. What is punk hunting?

8. How did Cleaver react to Malcolm X's death?

9. Why does Cleaver think the whites favored Floyd Patterson over Mohammed Ali?

10. How does prison change Cleaver?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss with the students first person point of view. Why do the students think first person point of view is not necessarily reliable? What moments in the book do the students think are not so reliable and why? With the students discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using the first person.

Essay Topic 2

What is soul food? What position does soul food hold in today's society? What does Cleaver mean by saying the upper class made soul food into a mocking slogan?

Essay Topic 3

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

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