Starter quiz

  • Match each word to its definition (Non-fiction: crime and punishment).
    • primitive
      simple, basic ✓
    • punitive
      something intended as a punishment ✓
    • sparse
      in short supply, limited ✓
    • manual labour
      physical work done by humans ✓
  • Bastoy prison island is in ______ (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
    • 'Norway' ✓
  • What is picking oakum? (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
    • a slang term for going to prison
    • a crime you could be sent to prison for
    • to separate threads of rope  ✓
    • a punitive punishment for prisoners  ✓
  • What is true of Henry Mayhew (1812-1887)? (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
    • He was Norwegian.
    • He was a prisoner in Newgate Prison.
    • He lived during the Victorian era.  ✓
    • He wrote about London's Newgate Prison.  ✓
    • He believed more people should be sent to prison.
  • What is true of Erwin James (1957-2024)? (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
    • He was Norwegian.
    • He was imprisoned in a British jail.  ✓
    • He spent time as a prisoner on Bastoy prison island.
    • He was a Victorian.
  • How is Bastoy prison island described by one of the prisoners in Erwin James’s article about the Norwegian prison written for the Guardian in 2013? (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
    • luxurious
    • a village  ✓
    • cushy
    • daunting
    • a community  ✓
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