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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Doing Time, Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John say he feels about escaping to Wyoming?
(a) Trapped.
(b) Apprehension.
(c) Relief.
(d) Guilt.

2. How did Robby change his mother?
(a) She became trusting and patient.
(b) She became confused and lonely.
(c) She became bitter.
(d) She became indifferent and soulless.

3. What is "Brothers and Keepers" centered on?
(a) Robby's trial for murder.
(b) The relationship between John and Robby.
(c) The history of Wideman's family.
(d) John's attempts to distance himself from his family.

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

5. Why did Robby, Mike and Cecil leave this place?
(a) Something was not right with the guy they met there.
(b) They couldn't sell the televisions.
(c) The cops were on their tails.
(d) They ran out of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Stavros find out that he had been set up?

2. What does John say happens to Robby when his appeals are turned down?

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

4. What does Robby say people in the ghetto dream about?

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

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