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Q. Which of these hobbies attracts a lot of gambling in solitary confinement, according to Shaka?
Playing chess
Telling stories about life on the streets
Playing poker
Guessing which Game of Thrones character will do something outrageous next
Q. What gets Shaka in trouble with Miko early on in the book?
Shaka starts using the drugs Miko wants him to sell
Shaka tells Miko to stop selling drugs
Shaka argues with another drug dealer and makes him angry at Miko
Miko doesn't like Shaka's style as a DJ
Q. In one prison library Shaka uses, books by which authors have a fine attached to losing them?
Books by Black authors
Books on science and technology
Books on American history
The Harry Potter series—after all, it was hard to get copies at the time
Q. Which of these was a challenge when Shaka was freed from prison?
Adjusting to all the new technology that had been developed while he was locked up
Adjusting to a completely new city he's never lived in before
Learning to be a writer for the first time
Figuring out why reality TV does the stuff it does
Q. What does Shaka call the best meal of his life?
The chicken sub he eats when he first gets out of prison
A steak dinner he has right after getting out of jail
His dad's lasagna
Something Gordon Ramsay made for him when he visited the Hell's Kitchen set