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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because wages are so low when Gideon moves his family to Florida, what does he do to supplement the income?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Works at a gas station.
(c) Tends bar.
(d) Cleans a school.

2. Gideon writes a letter of ____________ pages to Abe Fortas to tell him what really happened.
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 22.

3. Abe Fortas knows little of Gideon's first trial and little of _____________________.
(a) Florida rules.
(b) Florida prisons.
(c) petty larceny.
(d) Gideon himself.

4. Other than Gideon, who is the only person who could have filed Gideon's petition to the Supreme Court?
(a) His wife.
(b) His father.
(c) His attorney.
(d) His son.

5. Federal law _____________ state law.
(a) challenges.
(b) is more lenient than.
(c) is harsher than.
(d) supersedes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Gideon?

2. Gideon believes that he was denied ______________ during a legal trial.

3. What would a lawyer have followed up on regarding Henry Cook's testimony but Gideon didn't know to do?

4. Why does Gideon send money to his parents when he is in jail in the mid-1930s?

5. Is Gideon guaranteed an attorney during a Supreme Court trial?

(see the answer key)

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