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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 Chris spoke before Judge Sharp, for how many transcript pages did his speech last in Chapter 16?

2. In Chapter 15, how many signatures did Barnett and her clemency group deliver to the Department of Justice on November 15?

3. How many hours a day did Barnett often work in Chapter 9 during her first year working at Winstead?

4. When did Mike have a stroke?

5. When did Tupac Shakur play at the Palladium in NYC's East Village?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Barnett do her first formal meditation?

2. What did Sam Sheldon tell Barnett was essential in filing for clemency?

3. How was Barnett struggling with the contrast between her job at ORIX and her pro bono work in Chapter 13?

4. Who was De-Ann Coffman?

5. How did Chris keep himself busy in prison?

6. Why is 16 a significant number for Corey?

7. In Chapter 9, where was Mike Wilson imprisoned, and what toll had prison taken on him?

8. Who was Cudas, and how did he serve as a role model for Chris and his brother Robert?

9. Who was Corey Jacobs?

10. What job did Barnett start in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Barnett dated a drug dealer named Red for a time. How would you describe the relationship between Barnett and Red? How did their relationship become abusive? How did Barnett extricate herself from the relationship, and why was it difficult for her to do so?

Essay Topic 3

Barnett took a class on the Critical Race Theory in law school. What is the Critical Race Theory? How did it help Barnett explain what she was seeing in court cases for drug dealing? How did it explain disparities in the justice system?

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