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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. How does Partick try to kill himself?
(a) He throws him self down steps.
(b) He slits his wrist.
(c) He takes an overdose.
(d) He hangs himself.

2. How does Patrick call his ex-girlfriend?
(a) Little darling.
(b) Other half.
(c) Hells Bells.
(d) Old lady.

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

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

5. What does Millard say 99% of death row inmates are?
(a) Poor.
(b) Mentally ill.
(c) Innocent.
(d) Middle-class.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Pat's brother?

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

4. How does Prejean describe Pat's appearance 40 hours before his execution?

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

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