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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had Stevenson been working for SPDC when he met Walter McMillian?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 3 years.

2. When did W.E.B. Du Bois write The Souls of Black Folk?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1943.

3. In Chapter 1, how many people were on death row in Alabama?
(a) 150.
(b) 135.
(c) Nearly 100.
(d) About 125.

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

5. In Chapter 3, how long did it take to execute John Evans?
(a) 3 minutes.
(b) 21 minutes.
(c) 14 minutes.
(d) 16 minutes.

6. In Chapter 6, how did George's first wife and child die?
(a) Armed robbery.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Hit-and-run accident.
(d) Pneumonia.

7. At the time Stevenson wrote the book, how much money was being spent on jails and prisons by state and federal governments?
(a) $80 billion.
(b) $8.4 billion.
(c) $60 billion.
(d) $6.9 billion.

8. In Chapter 5, what time did Stevenson leave the trailer where he met with McMillian's family?
(a) 11:30 p.m.
(b) After 1 a.m.
(c) 10:30 p.m.
(d) Close to midnight.

9. When was the ban on interracial marriage eliminated?
(a) 1994.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1972.

10. How many children did Stevenson's grandmother have?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

11. What type of vehicle was Stevenson driving in Chapter 5?
(a) Silverado.
(b) Corolla.
(c) Grand Caravan.
(d) Caprice.

12. Where did Stevenson go to college?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Iowa.

13. In Chapter 4, when did Stevenson and Eva Ansley open their new law center in Tuscaloosa?
(a) March 1989.
(b) January 1989.
(c) February 1989.
(d) April 1989.

14. In Chapter 6, how long had George lived with Charlie and his mother?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 6 months.

15. By what decade had McMillian developed a solid business?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1970s.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how large were the cells where death row inmates were housed?

2. How long was Stevenson's first visit with Henry supposed to be in the Introduction?

3. In Chapter 3, who was a young African American man who was lynched in Mobile?

4. How many volts of electricity pass through the body of a prisoner in the electric chair?

5. In the weeks before Stevenson received a call from Judge Key, how many condemened men did he meet?

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