Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Which medieval writer does Shaka draw on for some of the symbolism in Writing My Wrongs?
Dante
Bocaccio
Bernard of Clairvaux
Rowena Ravenclaw
Q. Which of these metaphors is emphasized in Writing My Wrongs?
Prison as a journey through hell to something better
Prison as a sad song no one can stop singing
Prison as a never-ending horror film in the style of Alfred Hitchcock
Prison as a scary Dr. Who episode
Q. Which of the following does Shaka use as a symbol for the despair of prison?
the smell of prison
the small libraries in the prison
the hats the guards wear
the fact that everyone has to watch reruns of shopping channels instead of ESPN
Q. Which of these things makes Shaka feel like the things that symbolized his family's stability have gone away?
Finding out that his parents want to live in separate houses
Discovering that his mother lost a really good job
A family fight over where to put the Christmas tree
His brother eating extra chocolate chip cookies when Shaka isn't allowed to
Q. Which of these is a symbol of hope to Shaka in 1999, partway through his incarceration?
African American tennis player Serena Williams winning her first US Open
A strong US Olympic team training for the next summer Olympics
The Michigan economy getting rapidly better
The release of The Matrix