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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. How many white guys were in the group Hinton started?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. From what prison were four guards from who trashed Hinton's cell and belongings in Chapter 16?
(a) Ventress.
(b) Bibb.
(c) Staton.
(d) Donaldson.

3. If Hinton lost an appeal in the U.S. District Court, what Court of Appeals did Stevenson plan to file in after that?
(a) 12th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 13th.
(d) 14th.

4. Who was the death row prisoner who told Hinton to keep fighting after Hinton's mother died?
(a) Victor Kennedy.
(b) Jesse Morrison.
(c) Jimmy Dill.
(d) Brian Baldwin.

5. What book did Jimmy Dill ask to borrow from Hinton?
(a) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
(b) Go Tell It on the Mountain.
(c) Go Set a Watchman.
(d) To Kill a Mockingbird.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the U.S. Supreme Court rule on the writ of certiorari?

2. What type of footwear did Charlie Jones, the Holman warden, wear?

3. How many of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices ruled in Ray's favor?

4. When did Stevenson begin contacting the media about Hinton's story?

5. What was the name of the Black boy Henry Hays and other white guys lynched in Mobile in 1981?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hinton say the men on death row were if they were not monsters?

2. How did Hinton react when he learned his mother died?

3. What information did Emanuel, Cooper, and Dillon, the ballistics experts provide?

4. Why was Baldwin sentenced to die?

5. What was strange about Judge Petro's ruling in 2009?

6. How were the men on death row able to talk about books after the book club was closed down?

7. In 1999, who did Stevenson have interviewed regarding Hinton's case?

8. Why did Hinton have to make a family of the men on death row?

9. What did Hinton do during the six months it took Bryan to file his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court?

10. How did Hinton get Bryan Stevenson as his attorney?

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