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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert want to come back and bomb?
(a) Cars.
(b) Buildings.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) People.

2. Why does Vernon say he stopped himself from killing Robert?
(a) He didn't think Robert was worth his energy.
(b) He feared he would also hurt innocent people.
(c) He can't bring himself to feel hate.
(d) He wanted Robert to suffer on death row.

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

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

5. Why does Robert say he signed a confession?
(a) The police told him they would arrest his mother.
(b) The police told him he couldn't get a lawyer until he did so.
(c) The police told him they would torture him.
(d) The police told him he would receive more leniant sentence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robert kill Faith?

2. Why did Robert complain about the baked potato?

3. What sport did Robert play at Marion?

4. What was Howard Marcellus convicted of in 1991?

5. What will the guards do to Robert's jeans before he is executed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the warden question Helen before Robert's death?

2. What are the new attitudes surrounding women and death row inmates?

3. What does Helen lean about Faith's death in this section?

4. What does Robert say he can't understand about Helen?

5. What advice does John Croft give Helen and Millard about Robert's hearing?

6. How does Robert try to excuse his crime?

7. What discrepancies does Helen find out about Robert's trial?

8. How does Helen reassure Robert about his mother's feelings?

9. What controversial views does Robert view before his execution?

10. Why does Howard say he continued to accept the bribes?

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