Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Helen Prejean
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 104 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Helen Prejean
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters One and Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Prejean say people call the part of the city where the black people lived?
(a) Nigger town.
(b) Negro village.
(c) Color city.
(d) Africa.

2. Who was Patrick's mother raised by?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her grandmother.

3. What does Prejean say Pat's return letter brims with?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Energy.

4. Where was Patrick's first job?
(a) On oil rigs.
(b) In a law office.
(c) On a construction site.
(d) In a film studio.

5. What is the title of Albert Camus' essay on capital punishment?
(a) Victims of Hypocrisy.
(b) The Government's Mirror.
(c) Reflections on the Gullotine
(d) Innocent Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prejean say she once took for granted?

2. Why does Patrick say his mother rarely comes to visit him?

3. What does Prejean claim scarcely exists in New Orleans?

4. What was the name of Vernon and Elizabeth Hardy's daughter?

5. What part of their body did the Heel String Gang slit?

(see the answer key)

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