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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. How much money did an expert want to be paid to testify about the gun taken from Hinton's home?

2. What color scrubs was Hinton given when he was booked into the Birmingham jail?

3. What hours did Hinton think he worked on July 25?

4. When was Hinton sentenced?

5. How long did it take to drive Hinton from the county jail to Holman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Hinton's mother always taught him about truth?

2. How did time move in prison on death row?

3. What was judicial override, and why did it often happen?

4. Why would Hinton not sign the paper the police gave him when they brought him to the station after his arrest?

5. How did Hinton feel after his gun expert was discredited?

6. What caused Hinton to change his mind about not talking or interacting while he was on death row?

7. How was Hinton hurt when he worked in the mines?

8. What agreement did Perhacs and McGregor make regarding Hinton's polygraph, and how did the deal change?

9. Why did Hinton tell his defense attorney it was not possible for him to have robbed Quincy's?

10. Were robberies and murders still being comitted by the Cooler Killer after Hinton was convicted and incarcerated?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hinton’s mother died in 2002. How did Hinton’s mother’s death affect him, and why did he decide not to commit suicide after learning of her death?

Essay Topic 2

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects or concepts. How did Hinton use personification in the book? Why was personification used when referring to the State of Alabama, the court, and other entities?

Essay Topic 3

What type of relationship did Hinton have with his mother, and how did it affect the type of person he became?

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