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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, how many days could Woodfox spend in Angola and then be transferred for good behavior?

2. What type of vehicle did Woodfox trade for in Chapter 8 for a van full of cigarettes he got in a robbery?

3. When was Woodfox born?

4. In Chapter 17, how much money would Woodfox's mother bring when she came to visit?

5. In 1970 how many prisoners were incarcerated in New York City?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was the Black Panther Party started and why?

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

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

5. How did Woodfox and others get a chance to speak to the media and Rep. Dorothy Mae Taylor in Chapter 13?

6. In Chapter 6, why did Woodfox work on maintaining a tough reputation in prison?

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

8. In Chapter 10, what did Woodfox learn from the Black Panthers?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what would Woodfox and his friends do after school?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Deidre Howard served on a grand jury and learned later that she was given incomplete and misleading information about Woodfox’s case. What did experiences that Woodfox and Howard had with the legal system reveal about legal abuse?

Essay Topic 2

Is Woodfox a reliable narrator? Provide evidence from the memoir to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Woodfox was tried and convicted for the murder of Brent Miller, a guard. Was there any evidence that conclusively showed that Woodfox committed the murder? How did witnesses contradict one another? How were witnesses paid for their testimony? What is communicated about injustice through his trial?

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