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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Stevenson in 1983?
(a) 24.
(b) 21.
(c) 23.
(d) 22.

2. In Chapter 1, how many volumes were there of trial proceedings from Walter McMillian's trial?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. How long was Stevenson's visit with Henry in the Introduction?
(a) 2 1/2 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

4. How many lawyers had Stevenson met before he started law school?
(a) 1 or 2.
(b) 6 or 7.
(c) 5 or 6.
(d) None.

5. How long did Stevenson sleep on Steve Bright's living room couch before deciding to find an apartment of his own?
(a) 15 months.
(b) 1 1/2 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 10 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Stevenson and Eva Ansley discover an opportunity to get federal funding to create a legal center to represent people on death row in Alabama?

2. How many people were incarcerated in the early 1970s?

3. How old was McMillian when he was able to run a plow very well?

4. When did the State of Idaho ban interracial marriage?

5. At the time Stevenson wrote the book, how much money was being spent on jails and prisons by state and federal governments?

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