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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how many of the women on Alabama's death row were condemned for deaths of their young children or the deaths of abusive spouses or boyfriends?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. In Chapter 11, how long had McMillian been on death row?
(a) 4 years.
(b) About 5 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) Nearly 6 years.

3. How old was Trina Garnett when she was sent to an adult prison for women?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

4. In Chapter 9, how many doctors testified that Myers told them he was being coerced to say that McMillian killed Morrison?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. When did Judge Norton rule on McMillian's appear?
(a) May 19, 1992.
(b) June 3, 1992.
(c) July 27, 1992.
(d) April 11, 1992.

6. In Chapter 10, how many prison and jail inmates had a diagnosed mental illness?
(a) About 40%.
(b) More than 50%.
(c) 81%.
(d) 32%.

7. In Chapter 7 how many pages was the opinion about McMilian's appeal?
(a) 85.
(b) 60.
(c) 90.
(d) 70.

8. When was the Alabama Judicial Building built?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1920s.

9. How much money did a jury award John Thompson for being incarcerated wrongly?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $1 million.
(d) $14 million.

10. When did "The New York Times" attempt to raise money to defend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. against perjury charges in Alabama?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1961.

11. What was the name of Stevenson's receptionist in Chapter 11?
(a) Stephanie.
(b) Angela.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Gina.

12. When were laws enacted to make involuntary commitment to a mental institution more difficult?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1960s and 1970s.
(c) 1950s and 1960s.
(d) 1968.

13. What did Myers want to drink when Stevenson and O'Connor spoke to him in Chapter 7?
(a) Coke.
(b) Root beer.
(c) Pepsi.
(d) Sunkist Orange.

14. How much money was Stevenson able to get McMillian for being wrongly incarcerated?
(a) A few hundred thousand dollars.
(b) $450,000.
(c) $300,000.
(d) About a half a million dollars.

15. How old was Evan Miller when he began attempting to commit suicide?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, how many years had it been since McMillian's trial?

2. In Chapter 11, how many bomb threats had their been in the last two months?

3. Where was Clarence Brantley from?

4. According to McCleskey v. Kemp, how many times more likely were offenders in Georgia likely to get the death penalty if the victim was white?

5. When Mrs. Williams saw the dog in the courtroom in Chapter 9, what year did she remember?

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