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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of McMillian's older sister?
(a) Anna Roth.
(b) Ophelia Martin.
(c) Sophie Price.
(d) Armelia Hand.

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

3. What was the name of McMillian's wife?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Sally.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Minnie.

4. Where did Stevenson meet Steve Bright, director of the SPDC?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Decatur.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How close did McMillian's family live to the prison where McMillian was incarcerated?

2. When did W.E.B. Du Bois write The Souls of Black Folk?

3. Under what charges was McMillian first arrested?

4. How long did Stevenson sleep on Steve Bright's living room couch before deciding to find an apartment of his own?

5. What was the nickanme that McMillian's family had given him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was the SPDC located, and what were the working conditions like when Stevenson worked there?

2. Why did Michael Lindsey receive a death penalty instead of life imprisonment?

3. In Chapter 2, what did a man in a wheelchair tell Stevenson were his medals of honor?

4. What were the laws about condemning children to death row?

5. What was the visitation room like where Stevenson met Henry?

6. Who was Steve Bright?

7. Where did Stevenson grow up?

8. What iwas Monroeville, Alabama, known for?

9. Why did Horace Dunkins' execution make national news?

10. What was Myers's version of the murder of Ronda Morrison?

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