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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. What did Butch establish himself as where he was first institutionalized?

2. In what state does Fox Butterfield recount some of the crimes in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. When was Willie James born?

4. How old was Willie James when he enrolled in school?

5. What county was the most violent of the United States according to Part 1, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did race relations further deteriorate?

2. Who was Clifton?

3. Who was Maria Hickson?

4. What did Aaron Bosket do to build a new life for himself?

5. What group was William Herrin and Pud part of according to Part I, Chapter 4?

6. What was the "Edgefield Plan" and what did it culminate in?

7. What did Pickens become at the end of Part I, Chapter 2?

8. What did Marie tell the court in Part II, Chapter 6?

9. Who was Francis Pickens?

10. What was the double standard that persisted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role that psychological issues had in the Bosket family.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impact of the Jim Crow Laws and how such laws was a sign of a new era of deteriorated race relations.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the difference between law and lawlessness and why the justice system was illegitimate in the eyes of blacks.

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