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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joseph do to the young man he and Robert kidnapped?
(a) Killed him.
(b) Raped him.
(c) Paralyzed him.
(d) Gave him brain damage.

2. What does Robert ask Helen if she misses?
(a) Having a man.
(b) Seeing Patrick.
(c) Having children.
(d) Having money.

3. What bad news does Robert receive in November?
(a) His brother passes away.
(b) His execution is put forward a month.
(c) His mother passes away.
(d) He is denied a new trial.

4. What does Don say will skew the results of the phonograph test?
(a) Nervous energy.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Emotional stress.
(d) Cold air.

5. What is the nickname for the electric chair?
(a) Gruesome Gerty.
(b) Bertha Bruiser.
(c) Dirty Devil.
(d) Electric Elsie.

6. What does Robert say happened to his father?
(a) He was executed.
(b) He died of cancer.
(c) He was murdered.
(d) He was jailed.

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

8. What does Helen say people quote as grounds to keep the death penalty?
(a) A tooth for a tooth.
(b) You get what you ask for.
(c) What comes around, goes around.
(d) An eye for an eye.

9. What has Robert Will been convicted of?
(a) Armed robbery.
(b) Murder.
(c) Battery.
(d) Fraud.

10. Why does Robert say it is hard for him to sympathize with the victim's parents?
(a) They have spread lies about him.
(b) They have upset his mother.
(c) They are trying to kill him.
(d) They are guilty of their own crimes.

11. What does Robert do as the guards put the hood over his head?
(a) Screams his innocence.
(b) Winks at Helen.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Spits at a guard.

12. What does Helen liken the members of the pardon board to?
(a) A firing squad.
(b) A school of piranhas.
(c) A fleet of vultures.
(d) A pack of wolves.

13. What does Helen say is the true meaning behind eye for an eye?
(a) Justice should be commensurate with the crime.
(b) Justice should fit the crime.
(c) People should respect each other.
(d) People should forgive but not forget.

14. What does Helen say a mother knows about her child?
(a) What is in his heart.
(b) What's in his smile.
(c) His deepest thoughts.
(d) What he is capable of.

15. What does one letter say nuns know nothing about?
(a) The world.
(b) Fun.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Robert complain about the baked potato?

2. What sport did Robert play at Marion?

3. Who warned the jury against sentencing Robert to life in prison?

4. Who does Robert tell Helen he doesn't plan to be chummy with?

5. What does Robert claim was his role in killing Faith?

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