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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Three and Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has to happen for death by electric chair to be immediate?
(a) The current has to be over 1000 watts.
(b) The person would have to have a bad heart.
(c) The person would have to be drugged.
(d) The current has to reach the brain.

2. How does Patrick say he wants to talk to Helen?
(a) Religiously.
(b) Humorously.
(c) Regularly.
(d) Deeply.

3. What does Prejean say first frightened her about Patrick's photo?
(a) His teeth.
(b) His eyebrows.
(c) His smile.
(d) His eyes.

4. Why does Patrick think the governor is under pressure to execute him?
(a) The state has just executed two blacks.
(b) Louis LeBlanc has just passed away.
(c) Their is a campaign in support of Patrick's execution.
(d) Patrick's crime was particurly violent.

5. What is the name of Patrick's mother?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Janice.
(c) Phylis.
(d) Petra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prejean used to think nuns were not?

2. Who arrives at Patrick's execution at the last moment?

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

4. What does Helen encourage Eddie to do in her letter to him?

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

(see the answer key)

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