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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Our Time, I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Homewood Avenue neighborhood?
(a) An industrial district.
(b) A subdevelopment.
(c) A shopping district.
(d) A slum.

2. When does Robby show up in Laramie?
(a) July 1977.
(b) April 1976.
(c) November 1976.
(d) November 1975.

3. What was Robby's personality as a child?
(a) He was the loner in the family.
(b) He always wanted to have fun.
(c) He was introspective and moody.
(d) He was easy-going and duplicitous.

4. Who is Johnny-Boy?
(a) One of Robby's partners in crime.
(b) The driver of the car who picked Robby up.
(c) The cop who catches Robby.
(d) A criminal Robby picked up in Utah.

5. How does John characterize his feeling about his brother?
(a) In spite of the distance, he feels his brother is part of him.
(b) He feels little or no relation with his family.
(c) He is always trying to keep himself clear of his family's troubles, but they keep finding him.
(d) He feels like his brother is a stranger to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "Brothers and Keepers" centered on?

2. Where do John and Jamila have to drive through on the way to the penitentiary?

3. What do the prisoners see children as, according to John?

4. What does John say about entering and leaving the prison?

5. Who is Jake?

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