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1. What is the story about? – The story is about Robert Stroud
2. What did people think about Robert Stroud? – Some thought he was a troubled boy from a broken home who accidentally killed someone. Others that he was a cold, vicious man and a murderer.
3. Who is the most famous American Criminal? – The most famous American Criminal is Robert Stroud.
4. How old was Robert Stroud when he killed the first time? – He was 19.
5. Who was the dispute over? – The dispute was over a dance-hall girl.
6. Where did it take place? – It took place in Juneau, Alaska.
7. Why did he kill the man? – He killed the man because of a dispute over a dance-hall girl.
8. How long was the sentence? – It was 12 years.
9. What was the cause of the second murder? – a fellow prisoner had told the authorities Stroud was stealing from the kitchen.
10. Why did he kill the guard? – The cause was Stroud’s anger.
11. Why he was angry? – He was not being able to see his brother who had come all over the way from Alaska.
12. What did his mother do to help her son? – She petitioned President Woodrow Wilson and his wife.
13. When did he kill the guard? – In March 1916, shortly before he was to be freed.
14. What was the name of president who helped Robert Stroud? – Woodrow Wilson.
15. How many birds did he find? – He found 2 baby birds.
16. Where did he find the birds? – In the exercise yard at Leavenworth.
17. What did he do with them? – He raised them with the help of bird books.
18. What became his passion? – His interests in ornithology became his passion.
19. What did prison officials do for Stroud? – They tore down the wall between Stroud’s cell and another empty cell, to make more room for Stroud’s canaries.
20. What did he obtain? – He obtained laboratory equipment.
21. What did he study? – He studied chemistry, veterinary medicine and bacteriology.
22. When did he become an expert of canaries? – By 1931 he became an expert of canaries.
23. What animals did he raise? – He raised Canaries.
24. Who did Stroud correspond with? – He corresponded with other bird lovers all over the world.
25. When did he publish his book? – He published his book in 1942
26. What happened to Stroud after his book was published? - His work was making him very well known.
27. Why did people begin to ask for his relief? – People began asking for his relief because he was well known, has published a book and was an expert on the care and rising of canaries.
28. Where was he transferred? – He was transferred to Alcatraz.
29. When was he transferred to Alcatraz? – He was transferred to Alcatraz in 1942.
30. What did he have to leave? – He had to leave all his birds, his books, and other personal property.
31. What included his personal property? – It included, among other things, 30 empty birdcages, 158 bottles, cans and boxes, beakers of chemicals, laboratory equipment, about 250 bird magazines, over 20 books on chemistry and microscopes and many other catalogs and medical books. There were 85 pounds of various seeds, 118 feeding dishes and 22 birds.
32. How many items did he have? – He had quite a lot items. It weighed 1144 pounds and filled five containers.
33. What did he study at the end of his life? – He studied law.
34. What was his unpublished book about? – It was about federal prison reform.
35. How long was he in isolation? – He was kept in isolation for 42 years.
36. When was he transferred to hospital? – He was transferred to hospital in 1959.
37. When did he die? – He died in 1963.
38. How long was he in prison? – He had spent 56 years in prison.

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