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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. In Chapter 3, how far did Woodfox lead a sheriff's squad on a high-speed chase down the highway?
(a) 17 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 32 miles.
(d) 23 miles.

2. How many months did Woodfox have to do during his second time at Angola in Chapter 6?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 16 months.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 8 months.

3. When did Woodfox remember that he won his first law suit in Chapter 19?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1973 or 1974.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1974 or 1975.

4. How many points were there in the program of the Black Panther Party?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

5. How much did prisoners earn for working in the fields without gloves for a 16 hour day in Chapter 16?
(a) 80 cents.
(b) 64 cents.
(c) 48 cents.
(d) 32 cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Woodfox born?

2. In Chapter 7, how much money was Woodfox given when he left Angola?

3. In Chapter 5, how many days was Woodfox in the dungeon at Angola?

4. How old was Woodfox when his stepfather had to retire from the Navy?

5. How old was Woodfox when the Voting Rights Act was passed?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what did it mean to "clean the books" (53) and how did it affect Woodfox?

2. What was the violence like at Angola in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 3, why was Woodfox sentenced to two years at the Thibodaux jail?

4. In Chapter 14, what did Woodfox hear about an uprising at Attica?

5. What were conditions like at the Manhattan House of Detention in Chapter 9?

6. Why did a former prisoner named Billy Sinclair say that he believed that Woodfox and Herman Wallace were innocent?

7. How did Woodfox break his addiction to drugs in Chapter 7?

8. Why was Paul Fobb an unreliable witness for Brent Miller's murder?

9. What happened to the money raised for Woodfox's trial expenses in 1973?

10. What was the most effective way of protesting and why in Chapter 19?

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