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

2. By 2015 how many people had been released since the Clemency Initiative was announced?

3. When did Donel's prison term set to expire because Obama gave him clemency?

4. In Chapter 15, how many people ultimately applied for the Clemency Project?

5. How long were the clemency petitions when Barnett submitted them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened within days of Genice's arrival at Carswell Federal Medical Center?

2. What did Barnett do after Mike received his first reduction in sentence and why?

3. Where did Barnett get more lawyers to help with the Clemency Project?

4. What job did Barnett start in Chapter 9?

5. What were the sentences for De-Ann, Mike, Wayland, Donel, and Terry?

6. Where did Barnett do her first formal meditation?

7. When did Sharanda receive clemency, and why was the date for her freedom so important?

8. What hope did Barnett have at the end of Chapter 17?

9. Who was Sari Horwitz, and how did she help Sharanda?

10. What reasons were there for Barnett to stay at ORIX?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the book is A Knock at Midnight. What sermon of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s inspired the title? What does the title symbolize and how does it relate to Dr. King’s sermon?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

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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