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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Stevenson say that Georgia's death row was in the Introduction?

2. Where did many of the black people work where Stevenson grew up?

3. Where was the SPDC located when Stevenson started his internship?

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

5. How long had Stevenson been working for SPDC when he met Walter McMillian?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Stevenson study in college, and why did he decide to attend law school?

3. What was McMillians alibi for the time of the murder?

4. How did Stevenson describe his preparation to meet a condemned man in 1983?

5. Who was Steve Bright?

6. Why did Judige Robert E. Lee Key call Stevenson?

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

8. Why did Stevenson worry that he made the wrong choice when he began classes at Harvard?

9. Why was Charlie arrested?

10. Where was McMillian's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stevenson began to know the type of person McMillian was as he worked with him. How did Stevenson become acquainted with McMillian? What were the circumstances that McMillian had to deal with? How did he act in spite of his circumstances? What did his behavior in prison and out reveal about the type of man he was?

Essay Topic 2

Stevenson believed in mitigation. What did Stevenson believe mitigation meant? Why did he think he was a real need? Who did he believe needed mitigation? How did he demonstrate his belief in mitigation? How did he believe mitigation could lead to justice?

Essay Topic 3

Stevenson’s grandmother always told him to “Keep close.” What did his grandmother mean by that statement? How could keeping close help Stevenson in life and give him a proper perspective? How did that statement influence Stevenson?

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