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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money was Stevenson able to get McMillian for being wrongly incarcerated?
(a) About a half a million dollars.
(b) A few hundred thousand dollars.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $450,000.

2. In Chapter 7, how many years had it been since McMillian's trial?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. In Chapter 10, how many prison and jail inmates had a diagnosed mental illness?
(a) More than 50%.
(b) About 40%.
(c) 81%.
(d) 32%.

4. In Chapter 11, how many years ago had an African American civil rights lawyer in Savannah, Georgia, named Robert Robinson been murdered by a bomb exploding in his office?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. When was the Alabama Judicial Building renovated into a courthouse?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1950s.

6. In the late nineteenth century, who were responsible for getting the mentally ill out of prison?
(a) Dorothea Dix and Reverend Louis Dwight.
(b) Peggy Andrews and Reverend David Scott.
(c) Millie Davis and Reverend Jeff Erickson.
(d) Louise Ransom and Reverend Scott Andrews.

7. How much was paid to Bill Hooks by Sheriff Tate?
(a) $3,500.
(b) $7,500.
(c) $250.
(d) $5,000.

8. In Chapter 7, how many states enacted laws that gave victims specific right to participate in the trial process or to make a victim impact statement?
(a) 39.
(b) 42.
(c) 36.
(d) 27.

9. In Chapter 11, how many attorneys worked with Stevenson?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

10. How much time did Judge Norton want Stevenson and his staff to take to present McMillian's case?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 4 days.

11. How many years did Ian Manuel spend in solitary confinement?
(a) 22.
(b) 9.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

12. Where was Rob McDuff from?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Georgia.

13. What did Myers want to drink when Stevenson and O'Connor spoke to him in Chapter 7?
(a) Root beer.
(b) Sunkist Orange.
(c) Coke.
(d) Pepsi.

14. How many children did Walter Garnett have?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

15. In Chapter 12, how many of the women on Alabama's death row were condemned for deaths of their young children or the deaths of abusive spouses or boyfriends?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1990s, what deinstitutionalization rate did several states have?

2. How much money did a jury award John Thompson for being incarcerated wrongly?

3. What did Harcourt do before going to law school?

4. How old was Colbey at the time Hurricane Ivan hit?

5. When did Judge Norton rule on McMillian's appear?

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