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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robby say is the way out?

2. Whose house did Robby go to after the heist?

3. Who helps Robby, Mike and Cecil out after the heist?

4. What does Robby say motivated him to work hard?

5. Who is shooting at Robby?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Robby and his crew get assistance on the night of the robbery?

2. What did Robby and Michael Dukes and Cecil Rice do sloppily while they were getting away?

3. What does Robby say about educate for prisoners?

4. How did the botched job feel wrong from the start, according to Robby?

5. How did Robby come to believe that Stavros had a gun?

6. How does Robby say the prison environment changes after his appeals are all turned down?

7. How did Robby and his crew pull off the robbery?

8. What pact did the robbers make, and how did it get broken?

9. How does Robby characterize his career in fencing operations?

10. How does John characterize Robby's relationship with Omar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

Assess the proposition that prisons are an inhumane form of retribution for crimes such as Robby's.

Essay Topic 3

Who is the ideal audience for "Brothers and Keepers"? What kinds of lessons does it teach, and what kind of life and ideas does it describe? Who would this account appeal to? What kinds of courses would this book be perfect for? Where else could it be added to a curriculum?

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