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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. What is the name of Pat's brother?

2. Where was Patrick's first job?

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

4. What does Patrick say he uses his footlocker for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the governor refuse to interfere with Patrick's execution?

2. How does Helen force the prison to relax their rules on giving visitors food?

3. What does Helen say she thinks about the pardon board in this section?

4. Why does meeting Patrick make Helen realize how lucky she has been?

5. Why does Millard think there are seldom rich people on Death Row?

6. How does Lloyd LeBlanc make Helen question herself?

7. What happens during Patrick's execution?

8. Why is Patrick in jail?

9. Why does Helen think Patrick says another to Mr. Borque?

10. What does Helen point out about executions in America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does politics play in Death Row? How can it affect the person's sentence? How can politics be prevented in interfering in execution cases?

Essay Topic 2

What was Patrick's motives for killing the couple? Would Patrick and his brother have committed such a crime if they were living in better circumstances? Does such a a crime deserves the electric chair?

Essay Topic 3

In 1994, Tim Robbins directed a film version of DEAD MAN WALKING starring Sean Penn. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 6 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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