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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. When was Hinton born?

2. What was the name of the mine that Hinton worked in?

3. How long did Hinton drive a car he stole?

4. Where was Santha Sonenberg from?

5. In July of 1985, what was the name of the girl Hinton was dating?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Andrew Payne, the gun expert hired for Hinton's trial discredited?

2. Why did Hinton believe Reginald Payne White testified against him?

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

4. What was Hinton doing when he was arrested?

5. Why did Lester and Hinton always walk home together if they missed the school bus because of sports?

6. What charge was Hinton found guilty of, and what was his sentence?

7. What was life like when Hinton grew up in Praco?

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

9. Why was it not possible for the bullets from the Quincy's robbery and the murders to match Hinton's mother's gun?

10. How did appeals for death row prisoners work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hinton did not have money to pay for an attorney to defend him. So the court appointed a lawyer to handle his case. How did having a court-appointed lawyer affect the outcome of Hinton’s trial?

Essay Topic 2

Hinton worked in a coal mine for five years. What were the effects of coal mining on workers, like Hinton, and the communities where he and other coal miners lived?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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