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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Jamila when she visits Robby in prison?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

3. What caused the prison revolt in 1980?
(a) A prisoner died of asthma.
(b) A prisoner was beaten to death by another prisoner.
(c) The prison changed its policies on visits.
(d) A prisoner was killed by a guard.

4. What does John say is an inmate's worst enemy?
(a) The other prisoners.
(b) Time.
(c) The legal system.
(d) Prison food.

5. Who is Faruq?
(a) A friend of Robby's.
(b) Robby.
(c) Robby's cell-mate.
(d) A warden.

6. What does John say he does not like about the visit?
(a) That they are more free than Robby even while they are there.
(b) The guards' indifference to them.
(c) That it seems normal to visit a relative in prison.
(d) The bureaucratic hassles.

7. Where do John and Jamila have to drive through on the way to the penitentiary?
(a) A ghetto.
(b) A business district.
(c) Farms.
(d) A mall.

8. What does John say freedom is related to?
(a) Having work.
(b) Owning land.
(c) Having good friends.
(d) Running.

9. How long is Robby's prison sentence?
(a) 15 years.
(b) Life.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

10. What does John say Garth's death represents for Robby?
(a) A commitment to hostility toward the prison.
(b) An awakening.
(c) The end of faith.
(d) A new beginning.

11. Why does Jamila think Robby should be out of prison?
(a) Because he wants to be.
(b) Because he was wrongly imprisoned.
(c) Because he is her uncle.
(d) Because he eats apples.

12. What does John say he likes seeing at the prison?
(a) The guards taking care of the prisoners.
(b) The softening that happens when the prisoners see their visitors.
(c) The kids hugging Robby.
(d) The bravery in his children's eyes.

13. What do the prisoners see children as, according to John?
(a) Angels.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Devils.
(d) Meat.

14. 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.

15. How does John characterize Western State Penitentiary?
(a) An imposing nineteenth-century prison.
(b) A decrepit institution.
(c) A relatively nice prison.
(d) A gleaming modern prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Garth?

2. Who is Johnny-Boy?

3. How does John say he and his children and Robby act during their visit?

4. Where did John go to school?

5. What does John say he wishes he had done the first time Robby was arrested?

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