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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Patrick serve time for in 1968?
(a) Stealing a truck.
(b) Armed robbery.
(c) GBH.
(d) Breaking and entering.

2. Who does Patrick apologize to before he dies?
(a) The governor.
(b) LeBlanc.
(c) Helen.
(d) His mother.

3. What does Prejean say Pat's return letter brims with?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Energy.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Loneliness.

4. Who did Patrick's previous lawyer fail to interview?
(a) Partick.
(b) Faith.
(c) Eddie.
(d) David.

5. How does Partick try to kill himself?
(a) He hangs himself.
(b) He slits his wrist.
(c) He takes an overdose.
(d) He throws him self down steps.

6. Where is Helen at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Death row.
(b) Le Blanc's house.
(c) Bourque's house.
(d) Her mother's house.

7. What does Prejean say Patrick never talks about?
(a) Ex-girlfriends.
(b) Death.
(c) His crime.
(d) Family.

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

9. What has to happen for death by electric chair to be immediate?
(a) The current has to be over 1000 watts.
(b) The person would have to have a bad heart.
(c) The person would have to be drugged.
(d) The current has to reach the brain.

10. Where was Patrick's first job?
(a) On a construction site.
(b) On oil rigs.
(c) In a law office.
(d) In a film studio.

11. Why does Helen think the governor has to go through with Patrick's execution?
(a) Because of the politcal situation.
(b) Because of Patrick's crimes.
(c) Because of the governor's personal preference.
(d) Because of media pressure.

12. What does Prejean claim scarcely exists in New Orleans?
(a) Counselling.
(b) God.
(c) Medical care.
(d) Law and order.

13. Who arrives at Patrick's execution at the last moment?
(a) Millard.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Quigley.
(d) LeBlanc.

14. Who was Patrick's mother raised by?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her grandmother.

15. What does Helen ask Patrick to do for her?
(a) Say goodbye to his mother.
(b) Pray for her.
(c) Forgive her.
(d) Forgive Eddie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eddie write a letter to in Chapter 3?

2. What does Prejean say the Sonnier brothers are riddled with?

3. Where is Eddie not allowed to go to on the day of Patrick's funeral?

4. What does Patrick mouth to Helen before he dies?

5. Who does Helen call a kindred spirit?

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