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

2. What bad news does Lora receive in Chapter 15?
(a) She loses her job.
(b) Her mother dies.
(c) Her husband wants a divorce.
(d) That she has HIV.

3. In Chapter 11, who is sentenced to 63 days in solitary confinement?
(a) Donjuan.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Jamel.
(d) Elaine.

4. What is the argument over that brings the police to Apartment 13B in Chapter 29?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Cleaning the apartment.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Bedrooms.

5. What is the return address on most of the letters that Elaine receives in prison in Chapter 11?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Green Haven Correctional Facility.
(c) Rikers Island.
(d) The Bronx.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refers to Elaine as "rebel without a cause" in Chapter 7?

2. Who says in Chapter 10, "I have to break the cycle."

3. How old is Elaine when she is released from prison?

4. Who is Alfonso Camacho?

5. What job does Elaine first get at Project Renewal?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what does Elaine do with the $40 send-off money that the prison gave her?

2. Describe Elaine's cell at Bedford Hills Prison from Chapter Eight.

3. What is Alfonso Camacho's background? Do you think Alfonso Camacho is a good parole officer? Why or why not?

4. What educational opportunities is Elaine involved with while in prison?

5. How did Apache cope with life in Apartment 13B?

6. Elaine searches Apartment 13B for signs of her mother. What does she find?

7. Why did Elaine move into Apache's bedroom in Chapter 29?

8. Describe Elaine's mother.

9. By 1998, what changes had the Rockefeller drug laws had on the New York prison system?

10. What is Elaine's attitude toward men in Chapter 28 and is it working for her?

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