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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, how many years did Chris spend in county jail awaiting trial and sentencing?

2. When Sharanda started selling her tamales, how many orders did she have by the end of the day?

3. How many commutations did President Reagan grant?

4. In Chapter 13, how old was the boy a guard yelled at for walking on the grass at Carswell?

5. In Chapter 15, how many years did Darryl "Lil D" Reed served when Barnett took his case?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Barnett do her first formal meditation?

2. Why did the halfway house give Corey a 24-hour pass in Chapter 17, and what did Corey do?

3. At the end of Chapter 12, why might Mike have still been in prison?

4. Who was De-Ann Coffman?

5. What did Sam Sheldon tell Barnett was essential in filing for clemency?

6. Who was Corey Jacobs?

7. What reasons were there for Barnett to stay at ORIX?

8. In Chapter 9, where was Mike Wilson imprisoned, and what toll had prison taken on him?

9. How was Barnett struggling with the contrast between her job at ORIX and her pro bono work in Chapter 13?

10. What were the sentences for De-Ann, Mike, Wayland, Donel, and Terry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The railroad tracks in Commerce, Texas, and other Southern towns, divided the city into neighborhoods by skin color. What did Barnett and others experience because they were Black? What is institutional racism, and how did it cause the racism Barnett and other Blacks she knew experienced?

Essay Topic 2

The title of the book is A Knock at Midnight. What sermon of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s inspired the title? What does the title symbolize and how does it relate to Dr. King’s sermon?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

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