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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Judge Key say that Walter McMillian might be a part of?
(a) Cafish Mafia.
(b) Florida Mafia.
(c) Georgia Mafia.
(d) Dixie Mafia.

2. How many lawyers had Stevenson met before he started law school?
(a) 1 or 2.
(b) None.
(c) 6 or 7.
(d) 5 or 6.

3. In Chapter 3, who was a young African American man who was lynched in Mobile?
(a) Michael Donald.
(b) Peter Andrews.
(c) Daniel Rivers.
(d) Tom Watson.

4. In Chapter 6, how long had George lived with Charlie and his mother?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 18 months.

5. When did Stevenson and Eva Ansley discover an opportunity to get federal funding to create a legal center to represent people on death row in Alabama?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1990.

6. How old was McMillian when he was able to run a plow very well?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

7. In Chapter 1, when was the receptionist planning to leave to work in a real law office?
(a) 10 days.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) 15 days.

8. How much did Stevenson say that he made a year in Chapter 2?
(a) $14,000.
(b) $42,000.
(c) $21,000.
(d) $38,000.

9. When Earl MGahee was tried by an all-white jury in Dallas County, what percent of the county was African American?
(a) 40 percent.
(b) 70 percent.
(c) 55 percent.
(d) 60 percent.

10. When did the Supreme Curt rule that underrepresentation of racial minorities and women in jury pools was unconstitutional?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1970s.

11. What was the name of McMillian's older sister?
(a) Armelia Hand.
(b) Sophie Price.
(c) Ophelia Martin.
(d) Anna Roth.

12. How much older was Walter McMilian than Stevenson?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) At least 15 years.
(d) About 10 years.

13. When did W.E.B. Du Bois write The Souls of Black Folk?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1915.

14. How long did Stevenson sleep on Steve Bright's living room couch before deciding to find an apartment of his own?
(a) 15 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 10 months.
(d) 1 1/2 years.

15. In Chapter 2, who told Stevenson that he needed "to beat the drum for justice"?
(a) A man in a wheelchair.
(b) An older man using crutches.
(c) An elderly woman.
(d) A young mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the electric chair at Holman built?

2. What was the receptionist wearing in Chapter 1?

3. What did Stevenson study in college?

4. In Chapter 5, what was the name of the white person that the McMillians had worked for who called Stevenson to offer support?

5. How many people died by the end of the Attica standoff?

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