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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. In the 1990s, what deinstitutionalization rate did several states have?
(a) More than 80%.
(b) 66 percent.66%.
(c) 73%.
(d) More than 95%.

2. How much was paid to Bill Hooks by Sheriff Tate?
(a) $7,500.
(b) $3,500.
(c) $250.
(d) $5,000.

3. Where did Michael O'Connor go to law school?
(a) University of Iowa.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) University of Colorado.

4. How many foster homes had Jenkins been in before he turned eight?
(a) 7.
(b) 23.
(c) 11.
(d) 19.

5. Who was the mechanic that modified McMillian's truck?
(a) Vernon Wilson.
(b) Clay Kast.
(c) Thomas Buckley.
(d) David Wright.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. Where was Rob McDuff from?

4. How much money did a jury award John Thompson for being incarcerated wrongly?

5. What was the name of Stevenson's receptionist in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was John Patterson?

2. How did Stevenson's grandfather die?

3. In Chapter 9, what did Judge Norton say about the length of the Rule 32 hearing?

4. In Chapter 11, why was Stevenson optimistic about what evidence in the McMillian case might accomplish in the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals?

5. Where did McMillian decided to live in Chapter 13?

6. Why was Marsha Colbey charged with capital murder?

7. Why did Stevenson's office in Atlanta sue Angola Prison?

8. Why was George Stinney executed?

9. What was Joe Sullivan indicted for and why?

10. What were conditions like at Tutwiler Prison?

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