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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. Why does Patrick say his mother rarely comes to visit him?
(a) She does not like him.
(b) She suffers bad health.
(c) She has no money.
(d) She is in prison.

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

3. What does Prejean say Patrick never talks about?
(a) Death.
(b) Family.
(c) His crime.
(d) Ex-girlfriends.

4. What does Prejean say is rampant in New Orleans?
(a) Birth.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Evil.
(d) Death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Prejean think she has betrayed by befriending Patrick?

2. What does Patrick say he uses his footlocker for?

3. What is the only thing a prisoners has to read in the hole?

4. What does Patrick imagine he screams as the guards drag him to the electric chair?

5. What is the title of Albert Camus' essay on capital punishment?

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