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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Doing Time, I. November 16, 1975.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the word 'jail' come from?
(a) Trap.
(b) Chain.
(c) Cage.
(d) Torture.

2. Whose house did Robby go to after the heist?
(a) His own.
(b) Mike's.
(c) Tanya's.
(d) Wanda's.

3. What was funny about John's trip to Maine with Robby?
(a) John translating white music into black music.
(b) Robby singing black music.
(c) Judy singing old Perry Como tunes.
(d) Robby explaining where white music took from black musicians.

4. John says that the prisoners are like him except for what?
(a) They are unlucky.
(b) They are poor.
(c) They are illiterate.
(d) They are bad.

5. How did Robby, Mike and Cecil know that they were in big trouble?
(a) The cops showed up.
(b) Stavros was dead.
(c) Stavros' girlfriend saw their faces before they shot Stavros.
(d) The white guys were running around.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jamila when she visits Robby in prison?

2. How does John characterize Robby's birthday?

3. What does Robby say people in the ghetto valued?

4. How does Robby characterize Stavros?

5. Who ratted Robby and his guys out?

(see the answer key)

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