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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 a sworn statement Leonard Turner gave in Chapter 41, how many men did he say that he saw stab Miller and they were not Wallace, Woodfox, or Montegut?
2. How old was Woodfox when he learned that he had diabetes?
3. When did Woodfox get a rash around his waist that would not clear up?
4. What prisoners did Woodfox help in Chapter 36?
5. In Chapter 29, how many shakedowns were held a day on each tier?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 41, what did Woodfox and his attorneys learn about Joseph Richey, and why could they not use the information?
2. What plea did King have to accept to gain his freedom and why in Chapter 42?
3. When was the closest that Woodfox ever came to breaking and why?
4. In Chapter 24, how did things change at Angola when Ross Maggio became the warden?
5. What was summer like in a cell?
6. What did Woodfox have to get used to when he was let out in the general prison population in Amite City?
7. In Chapter 31, how long had it been since Woodfox had a contact visit and what was the visit like?
8. What side deal did Warden Burl Cain have going in Chapter 35?
9. In Chapter 37, why did Woodfox's trial have to be postponed from November to December 1998?
10. How did Woodfox deal with his claustrophobic attacks at the end of Chapter 47?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Woodfox suffered institutional racism from the time he was a child. What is institutional racism? How did it affect Woodfox’s life and the lives of his friends and family?
Essay Topic 2
Is Woodfox a reliable narrator? Provide evidence from the memoir to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Woodfox stated that he grew up in the Jim Crow south. What were Jim Crow laws? How did they affect Woodfox’s life and the lives of other blacks in the South?
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