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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does B&E mean, in the context of this book's courtroom scenes?
(a) Batimore and East.
(b) Bully and Eduction.
(c) Breaking and Entering.
(d) Bilking and Egressing.

2. What does O'Brien say a termite looks like?
(a) A honeybee.
(b) An ant with wings.
(c) A cockroach with extra legs.
(d) An earwig with wings.

3. Steve says in the prologue that every morning he feels what?
(a) Tired because he doesn't sleep well.
(b) Invigorated to get to the courtroom.
(c) Ready to be found guilty.
(d) Surprised to be in jail.

4. Why does Acie say he stole the money?
(a) God told him it was OK.
(b) He wanted it.
(c) He needed it.
(d) He wanted to buy a present for his mother.

5. According to Osvaldo's testimony, why did he participate in the robbery?
(a) Because he had never been in trouble before.
(b) Because he was afraid not to.
(c) Because he did not like Mr. Nesbitt.
(d) Because he wanted money.

6. Where does "Woman 1" say she thinks the "old man who owned the place" is from?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) Nevis.
(c) St. Kitts.
(d) Tobago.

7. Steve's father tells Steve that although he had never made the team for this sport, he hopes Steve will. What sport is he talking about?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Football.

8. Why does Steve start writing his own movie?
(a) To get famous.
(b) To earn money.
(c) To show he is not a monster.
(d) To make sense of his life.

9. When Steve decides to write a movie, where does he say he learned to block out scenes?
(a) At school.
(b) From a book.
(c) At home.
(d) In the prison library.

10. Steve says his movie will be not a story of his life, but a story of what?
(a) His parents' life story.
(b) His experience in prison.
(c) His future.
(d) His past.

11. What does Steve say about the camera in the kind of movie he feels his life is like in the prologue?
(a) That it stays far away.
(b) That it is a broken camera.
(c) That it is a hidden camera.
(d) That it moves in too close.

12. If Steve is sentenced to 25 years to life, at least how much time will he have to serve, according to O'Brien?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 15 years and 3 months.
(c) 24 years and 6 months.
(d) 21 years and 3 months.

13. What action on Acie's part does Steve say really "got to me"?
(a) Snoring.
(b) Burping.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Crying.

14. In the prologue, Steve says if anyone is prison knows you are crying, what will happen?
(a) They will also cry.
(b) They will beat you up only.
(c) They will talk about it only.
(d) They will talk about it and beat you up.

15. What is the subtitle of the movie listed in the credits in Chapter 1?
(a) The Story of Steve's Mistakes.
(b) The Monstrosities of Prison.
(c) The Story of My Miserable Life.
(d) The Story of Mr. Nesbitt's Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Steve say happens at breakfast in the prologue?

2. The opening credits of the movie in Chapter 1 are designed to look like the opening credits of what famous film?

3. King says that all you need to get paid is a "crew with some heart" and what else?

4. According to Steve in the prologue, when is the best time to cry?

5. How many ambulances respond to the drugstore crime?

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