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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. In Chapter 15, what time did Barnett and Corey meditate every day?

2. How many counts was the indictment for Mike, Wayland, De-Ann, and the others?

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

4. What was the name of the teacher Chris Young had in seventh grade who noticed his exceptional intelligence, especially for math?

5. During Mike, De-Ann, and Wilson's trial, how much crack cocaine did the prosecution say that they sold?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Corey Jacobs?

3. What problems were there when Mike was released?

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

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

6. At the end of Chapter 12, why might Mike have still been in prison?

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

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

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

10. What type of crafting did Sharanda do to keep her mind busy and make commissary money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marc and Mike Jr. were toddlers when their father, Mike Wilson was incarcerated? What were the challenges of maintaining a relationship between the boys and their father when Mike was imprisoned?

Essay Topic 2

The railroad tracks in Commerce, Texas, and other Southern towns, divided the city into neighborhoods by skin color. What did Barnett and others experience because they were Black? What is institutional racism, and how did it cause the racism Barnett and other Blacks she knew experienced?

Essay Topic 3

During Keyon’s trial, the prosecutor used racial stereotyping. What is racial stereotyping? How did the prosecutor use racial stereotyping during Keyon’s trial? How did racial stereotyping influence the jury?

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