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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Elaine, along with Harris, Boudin, and Clark were known as what at Bedford Hills prison?
(a) Model prisoners.
(b) Matrons.
(c) Fresh meat.
(d) Long-termers.

2. What subway line does Elaine take to get to the Greenpoint YMCA?
(a) A train.
(b) D train.
(c) G train.
(d) C train.

3. How much did Elaine pay for rent in the first chapter?
(a) $127.
(b) $145.
(c) $156.
(d) $133.

4. What type of organization is Project Renewal?
(a) Residential drug-treatment program.
(b) Low-income housing program.
(c) Program for ex-prisoners.
(d) Program for the mentally ill.

5. Who hugs Elaine and calls her "Ma" at Danae's basketball games in Chapter 27?
(a) Danae's friend.
(b) Neighborhood boys.
(c) Danae.
(d) The coach.

6. Who is Nathan?
(a) Elaine's boyfriend.
(b) Elaine's son.
(c) Elaine's boss.
(d) Elaine's brother.

7. Who buys an electric-purple pantsuit for Elaine to wear out of prison?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Jamel's girlfriend.
(c) Apache.
(d) Lora.

8. What is Jamel wearing on his feet when he visits his mother in Chapter 22?
(a) Converse.
(b) Prison-issue shoes.
(c) Dress shoes.
(d) Tommy Hilfiger sandals.

9. What journalist turns Elaine's cause into a personal crusade?
(a) Mike Wallace.
(b) Charles Grodin.
(c) Geraldo Rivera.
(d) Diane Sawyer.

10. A few months after leaving prison, Elaine discovers a copy of her birth certificate. Who is listed as her father?
(a) Ronald Winslow.
(b) Fred Bartlett.
(c) Frank Bartlett.
(d) Ronald Windsor.

11. Elaine first arrives at Bedford Hills prison with how many other women from Albany County jail?
(a) Six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

12. What movie did Elaine become fond of in prison?
(a) The Hurricane.
(b) The Green Mile.
(c) Titanic.
(d) How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

13. Who is arrested two months after Frankie dies?
(a) Jamel.
(b) Apache.
(c) Sabrina.
(d) Michelle.

14. Which of Elaine's children sometimes snuck out of Yvonne's apartment to visit Elaine?
(a) Satara.
(b) Jamel.
(c) Apache.
(d) Danae.

15. What is the "super-honor" dorm that Elaine is moved to in Chapter 17?
(a) Bedford Honor Floor.
(b) Fiske Cottage.
(c) Rockefeller Cottage.
(d) Nelson Floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who punches Danae in the face in Chapter 27?

2. Where does Elaine take her granddaughter Tenea when Chapter 22 begins?

3. Who is Cassandra and what does she give Elaine as a welcome home present?

4. What bad news does Lora receive in Chapter 15?

5. According to Chapter 28, what do friends Elaine and Lora talk most about?

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