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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the prisoners call Ricardo?
(a) Nut
(b) Freaky
(c) Tico
(d) Dope

2. Which of Piri's friends does he have a fight with?
(a) Mr. Big
(b) Roger
(c) Fangs
(d) Little

3. What is the name of the prison Piri is moved to?
(a) Georgia State Prison
(b) Deacon Island Prison
(c) Comstock State Prison
(d) Long Island Prison

4. Why does Piri not want to work with Danny and Billy?
(a) They are violent
(b) They are thieves
(c) They are too young
(d) They are white

5. Why do Piri and his father stop fighting in the morning?
(a) Piri breaks his mother's vase
(b) Piri's father has a heart attack
(c) Piri's sister cries
(d) They are too tired

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose picture does Piri look for in his father's belongings?

2. What does Louie do when he hears his sentence?

3. What does Jose tell Piri before he leaves?

4. In what city does Piri go with two octoroons to have sex?

5. What does Piri get an hour of every day in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tragedy occurs when Piri returns to New York?

2. Why must Piri and Brew sit at the back of the bus?

3. Why does Brew think the term "boy" is acceptable?

4. Describe the fight between Piri and his father in Section 7.

5. What work does Piri find in Section 7?

6. What are Brew and Piri's opinion of Gerald?

7. How does Piri get off heroin?

8. How does Piri feel about Trina marrying another man?

9. How does Piri become addicted to heroin?

10. What problems does Gerald say he has being part Negro?

(see the answer keys)

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