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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many legal calls did Barnett set up with men and women in federal prison and record their messages to loved ones and President Obama in Chapter 15?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

2. When was Mike and De-Ann's trial?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1993.

3. When did Mike have a stroke?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2011.

4. How many counts was the indictment for Mike, Wayland, De-Ann, and the others?
(a) 29.
(b) 31.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.

5. In Chapter 15, how many years did Darryl "Lil D" Reed served when Barnett took his case?
(a) 23.
(b) 38.
(c) 34.
(d) 28.

6. When was Sharanda transferred to Carswell?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2004.

7. When did Mike's brother, Wayland receive clemency?
(a) February 17, 2016.
(b) March 22, 2016.
(c) May 5, 2016.
(d) April 9, 2016.

8. When did Barnett quit ORIX?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) May.

9. When did Donel's prison term set to expire because Obama gave him clemency?
(a) February 2, 2015.
(b) April 23, 2015.
(c) March 11, 2015.
(d) July 28, 2015.

10. When was De-Ann given clemency by President Bill Cllinton?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2004.

11. How many clemencies did Obama announce on July 13, 2015?
(a) 46.
(b) 39.
(c) 58.
(d) 27.

12. In Chapter 9, where was Mike Wilson incarcerated?
(a) Florence, Colorado.
(b) Victorville, California.
(c) Memphis, Tennessee.
(d) Texarkana, Texas.

13. How much did Sharanda make an hour for her jobs in laundry and cosmetology?
(a) 18 and 20 cents an hour.
(b) 9 and 10 cents an hour.
(c) 12 and 18 cents an hour.
(d) 10 and 11 cents an hour.

14. In Chapter 15, how much time was there to free Corey?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 11 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 5 months.

15. During Mike, De-Ann, and Wilson's trial, how much crack cocaine did the prosecution say that they sold?
(a) 45 kilograms.
(b) 60 kilograms.
(c) 50 kilograms.
(d) 55 kilograms.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many students at SMU volunteered to help with the Clemency project in Chapter 15?

2. When did Eric Holder's op-ed, "We Can Have Shorter Sentences and Less Crime" appear in The New York Times?

3. How much did Donel run daily when he was in prison?

4. How long did Sari get permission to visit Carswell and Sharanda?

5. How many years did Corey have to serve in prison in Chapter 16 before he could go to a halfway house?

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