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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Eight and Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the guard say they work on death row?
(a) They need a job.
(b) They want to see justice done.
(c) They want to make the prisoners' last days tolerable.
(d) They enjoy it.

2. Who is Helen questioned by at the funeral?
(a) The victims' family.
(b) The church members.
(c) Reporters.
(d) Patrick's mother.

3. Who goes with Helen to see Patrick on January 18?
(a) Ort.
(b) Kimellen,
(c) Millard,
(d) Lillian.

4. What does Prejean say people call the part of the city where the black people lived?
(a) Nigger town.
(b) Color city.
(c) Negro village.
(d) Africa.

5. Why does Patrick say his mother rarely comes to visit him?
(a) She has no money.
(b) She does not like him.
(c) She suffers bad health.
(d) She is in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vernon say he stopped himself from killing Robert?

2. Who does Prejean think she has betrayed by befriending Patrick?

3. What is the nickname for the electric chair?

4. What do the red block letters spell out?

5. What does Helen say executions encourage?

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