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Directions: Please answer the following questions after reading "Contempt of Court".  Click here for the article.

1. Where and when was Al Capone born?

2. How did he end up in Chicago?

3. What happened on the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?

4. Was Al Capone there when the Massacre happened? Why or why not?

5. Why was Al Capone arrested when he left the courtroom on March 27th?

6. Who was keeping records of tax evasion charges while Al Capone was being held in contempt of  court?

7. Who are some other people who were being watched for tax evasion?

8. Why did Capone change his pleas from guilty to not guilty?

9. Where was Al Capone sent after his appeals were rejected?

10. Why didn't Capone return to Chicago and gang life?