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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Stevenson study in college?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Computer Science.
(d) Anthropology.
2. At the time Stevenson wrote the book, how much money was being spent on jails and prisons by state and federal governments?
(a) $8.4 billion.
(b) $6.9 billion.
(c) $80 billion.
(d) $60 billion.
3. How many people could confirm that Walter was not responsible for the murder?
(a) 3-4.
(b) 20-30.
(c) Dozens.
(d) 5-6.
4. Where did many of the black people work where Stevenson grew up?
(a) Poultry plant.
(b) Steel factories.
(c) Farms.
(d) Mines.
5. In Chapter 6, how long had George lived with Charlie and his mother?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 3 years.
6. In Chapter 6, how many times in the last 1 1/2 years had Charlie's mother been beaten so badly that she required medical treatment?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.
7. How old were many of Stevenson's death row Alabama clients when they committed the crimes they were accused of committing?
(a) 15-16.
(b) 13-14.
(c) 14-15.
(d) 16-17.
8. Where did Stevenson grow up?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Delaware.
9. How many volts of electricity pass through the body of a prisoner in the electric chair?
(a) 1,600.
(b) 1,900.
(c) 1,700.
(d) 2,000.
10. In Chapter 3, how large were the cells where death row inmates were housed?
(a) 5 by 8 feet.
(b) 6 by 9 feet.
(c) 6 by 11 feet.
(d) 5 by 10 feet.
11. How much older was Walter McMilian than Stevenson?
(a) At least 15 years.
(b) 12.
(c) 17.
(d) About 10 years.
12. In Chapter 1, when was the receptionist planning to leave to work in a real law office?
(a) 15 days.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) 10 days.
13. In Chapter 2, who told Stevenson that he needed "to beat the drum for justice"?
(a) An elderly woman.
(b) An older man using crutches.
(c) A young mother.
(d) A man in a wheelchair.
14. How many people were incarcerated in the early 1970s?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 2.3 million.
15. By what decade had McMillian developed a solid business?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1960s.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Stevenson go to law school?
2. What month did Stevenson first visit death row?
3. Where did McMillian and his family live?
4. Where did Stevenson say that Georgia's death row was in the Introduction?
5. Under what charges was McMillian first arrested?
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