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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. In Chapter 39 with the appeal Kathy Flynn Simino filed in 1999, how many chances did Woodfox have to appeal in state court?
2. In Chapter 25, how long did it take the man Woodfox taught to read to be able to read at a high school level?
3. When was Chris Aberle appointed to represent King by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court?
4. In Chapter 39, when was Woodfox sentenced to natural life without the possibility of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence?
5. In Chapter 29, how many shakedowns were held a day on each tier?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was summer like in a cell?
2. In Chapter 24, how did things change at Angola when Ross Maggio became the warden?
3. What side deal did Warden Burl Cain have going in Chapter 35?
4. How did Woodfox deal with his claustrophobic attacks at the end of Chapter 47?
5. Why did prisoners who needed to see a doctor avoid the hospital?
6. What was Herman's life like before he was arrested in 1967?
7. In Chapter 31, how long had it been since Woodfox had a contact visit and what was the visit like?
8. Who was Anita Roddick, and how did she die?
9. How might Woodfox's cell be ransacked during a shakedown in Chapter 29?
10. In Chapter 39, what did Woodfox say about the officers at Camp J?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the memoir? Why is it not a biography?
Essay Topic 2
Nelson Mandela was a black South African who fought for the rights of blacks. What did a quote by Mandela in Chapter 14 relate about Mandela’s view of prisons? How did his view relate to prison life for Woodfox? Are prison experiences universal?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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