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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Robby arrested?
(a) For passing a bad check.
(b) The cops found the heroin in his apartment.
(c) For stealing heroin.
(d) For beating his girlfriend.

2. How does Robby characterize the people he worked with?
(a) Tortured kids.
(b) Unstable junkies.
(c) Space cadets.
(d) Dangerous felons.

3. What advice did Cecil get when he called his mother?
(a) To come back to Pittsburgh.
(b) To turn himself in Indiana.
(c) To go to Canada.
(d) To go to California.

4. What does John include in the postscript?
(a) Robby's letters home.
(b) Robby's appeals.
(c) Robby's graduation speech.
(d) Photos of Robby's family.

5. What is the normal ritual for John's trips to the prison?
(a) He has to stop off in the Homewood Avenue district.
(b) He can't have anything metal on him.
(c) He has to be with his family.
(d) He has to take his daughter.

6. When did Stavros die?
(a) 8 p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 10 a.m.

7. When is 'Doing Time II' set?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1982.

8. Who helps Robby, Mike and Cecil out after the heist?
(a) A cab driver.
(b) A guy with a gun.
(c) A cop.
(d) A white kid.

9. What makes John angry during his visit with Robby?
(a) That the prison workers can punch out.
(b) That justice was not served.
(c) That Robby is innocent.
(d) That Robby's life is costing the taxpayer so much when he should be working.

10. What does John have to go through at the prison?
(a) Metal detectors.
(b) An interrogation.
(c) A lie detector.
(d) An application process.

11. What did Robby, Mike and Cecil do badly, after Stavros runs off?
(a) They didn't move the cars out of the way of the truck.
(b) They didn't do up the locks correctly.
(c) They didn't close the back of the truck.
(d) They didn't tie the other guys up very well.

12. What does Robby say he found when his girlfriend woke him up after buying heroin?
(a) His dealers coming to sell the heroin.
(b) Fire trucks in the street.
(c) A Cadillac outside the door.
(d) A gang trying to kill him.

13. What kinds of scams did Robby and Michael Dukes start to run?
(a) Stealing from criminals.
(b) Selling prescription drugs.
(c) Selling heroin.
(d) Selling bogus properties.

14. Why did Robby go to this place?
(a) To visit Michael Dukes' sister.
(b) To dispose of the stolen TVs.
(c) To hide out and get IDs.
(d) To lay low for a few months.

15. Who is Pops?
(a) A cop.
(b) Cecil's father.
(c) A wino.
(d) A guy Robby meets on the bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robby say about his line of sight when Stavros went into the back?

2. What does Cecil's mother think will happen if he follows her advice?

3. What does Robby say he felt on the night of the botched robbery?

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

5. Who were the cops looking for after the robbery?

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