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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. When did Woodfox have his first child?
2. If the prisoners had a hunger strike in Chapter 19, after how many days were prison official required by law to notify the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections?
3. In Chapter 3, how far did Woodfox lead a sheriff's squad on a high-speed chase down the highway?
4. In a plea deal, how much time would Woodfox have to serve for the armed robbery at Tony's Green Room if he took the deal in Chapter 8?
5. How long was Woodfox sentenced to jail at Thibodaux in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 10, what did Woodfox learn from the Black Panthers?
2. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what would Woodfox and his friends do after school?
3. Why was Paul Fobb an unreliable witness for Brent Miller's murder?
4. How was the Black Panther Party started and why?
5. In Chapter 6, why did Woodfox work on maintaining a tough reputation in prison?
6. How did Woodfox and others get a chance to speak to the media and Rep. Dorothy Mae Taylor in Chapter 13?
7. What were conditions like at the Manhattan House of Detention in Chapter 9?
8. What was the violence like at Angola in Chapter 4?
9. In Chapter 14, what did Woodfox hear about an uprising at Attica?
10. What did Woodfox determine he would do at the end of Chapter 12?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Leontine “Teenie” Rogers was the widow of Brent Miller. Why did she begin to support Woodfox and believe that he was innocent? Why did she believe that there had been a miscarriage of justice in the investigation of her husband’s murder?
Essay Topic 2
How did Woodfox discover that leaders should be willing to sacrifice to achieve their goals? What did he discover about sacrifice? Why did he come to believe that sacrifice was essential to bring about change?
Essay Topic 3
Woodfox spent over 40 years in solitary confinement. How did solitary confinement affect Woodfox mentally, emotionally, and physically? What did he do to try to survive? Why were his actions necessary to help him survive?
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