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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Adam and Lee decide to spend their weekend together at the beginning of Chapters 26-29?
(a) Biloxi, Mississippi.
(b) Jackson, Mississippi.
(c) Greenville, Mississippi.
(d) Clanton, Mississippi.

2. Adam decides that visiting whose family would be a good idea?
(a) David McAllister.
(b) Marvin Kramer.
(c) Sam Cayhall.
(d) Rollie Wedge.

3. Prior to his execution, why is Sam monitored for 24 hours a day?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Suicide.
(c) No reason.
(d) Escape.

4. This news of resurfacing of someone (or others) means what for Adam?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Danger.
(d) Anger.

5. What was the first court to systematically deny the petition to halt Sam's execution?
(a) United States Supreme Court.
(b) Mississippi Supreme Court.
(c) Fifth Court.
(d) Federal district court.

6. What is Adam's news for Lee when they finally see each other?
(a) He is resigning from Kravitz and Bane.
(b) He is going to work for Hez Kerry at Kerry's organization.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) He is going to practice death penalty litigation.

7. How long does Adam stay away from Sam when he and Lee return from their weekend trip?
(a) Six days.
(b) One week.
(c) Eight days.
(d) Five days.

8. What do Adam and Lee visit that is now abandoned and overgrown with weeds?
(a) School.
(b) Childhood home.
(c) Cemetery.
(d) Church.

9. Where does Lee find Adam after Sam's execution?
(a) His office.
(b) Parchman Prison.
(c) Coffee shop.
(d) Clanton cemetery.

10. Who actually came to visit Sam shortly after Adam left?
(a) Rollie Wedge.
(b) Garner Goodman.
(c) Clovis Brazelton.
(d) Jeremiah Dogan.

11. What things do Adam and Lee discuss on their weekend?
(a) Where to bury Sam.
(b) Lee's childhood.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Memories of Adam's father, Eddie.

12. Who is the prison warden?
(a) Philip Naifeh.
(b) Phelps Booth.
(c) Ralph Griffin.
(d) George Nugent.

13. How are things getting outside of Parchman Prison?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Tense.
(c) Calm.
(d) Rowdy.

14. Who does Adam find a note from on the counter when he arrives home?
(a) Garner Goodman.
(b) Ku Klux Klan.
(c) Lee.
(d) Rollie Wedge.

15. Who recently flooded the lines with frequent calls?
(a) Glass' law students.
(b) Klansen.
(c) Nazis.
(d) Pro death penalty supporters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the state executioner?

2. What is Mr. Olander's professional opinion about Sam?

3. What does Sam ask his visitor for shortly before his execution?

4. Who does Sam enjoy a visit from shortly before his execution?

5. After Sam's initial cell, how many different places is he moved to before the gas chamber?

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