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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 is the name of the prisoner who wants to read Steve's screenplay?
(a) Sunner.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Sunny.

2. What is Steve's cot made out of?
(a) Canvas.
(b) Wood.
(c) Metal.
(d) Plastic.

3. Where does Kathy O'Brien tell Steve she was born?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Queens.

4. Who is the author of this book?
(a) Walter Dean.
(b) Walter Dean Myers.
(c) Dean Myers.
(d) Dean Walters.

5. In the credits in Chapter 1, Sandra Petrocelli is credited as what?
(a) Indifferent Attorney.
(b) Dedicated Prosecutor.
(c) Attorney General.
(d) District Attorney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime is prisoner Acie accused of?

2. Steve says prison is like what kind of movie?

3. Who is comforting whom at the end of the scene between Steve and his father?

4. What time of day does Steve say someone in prison might get beaten up for sniffling?

5. What has Steve never seen his father do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of knife does one prisoner have? Describe it.

2. What does Mr. Nesbitt look like in the pictures the prosecution passes around to the jury?

3. How does Detective Karyl describe the crime scene at the pharmacy?

4. When Steve gets dressed for court on Thursday, July 9 and thinks of his mother, what is she doing?

5. How can Steve's lawyer be described?

6. What does Steve say happens if anyone knows you are crying in prison?

7. How does the typeface of Steve's journal entries indicate stress or special meaning on certain words?

8. What does James King look like on the first day of the trial?

9. What is so shocking about Steve's father crying?

10. Why does Johnny, the ringleader of the eventual crime, want to rob a pharmacy instead of a bank?

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