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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 form does John Wideman use for telling Robby's story?
(a) Satire.
(b) The essay.
(c) Narrative.
(d) The letter.

2. How does John characterize Robby's birthday?
(a) A day of mourning.
(b) A day of solidarity.
(c) A day of forgetting.
(d) A day of celebration.

3. Who does Jamila say Robby looks like?
(a) Stevie Wonder.
(b) Wilt chamberlain.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

4. Why was Robby expelled from school?
(a) For talking about black power.
(b) For stealing.
(c) For beating up a cop.
(d) For beating a student.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John characterize the difference between his mother and father?

2. What can't a prisoner do, no matter what?

3. What does Garth seem to have died of?

4. What news does John get at the beginning of the book?

5. What were prisoners prevented from doing after the revolt, according to John?

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