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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Eight and Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Vernon say he stopped himself from killing Robert?
(a) He feared he would also hurt innocent people.
(b) He can't bring himself to feel hate.
(c) He didn't think Robert was worth his energy.
(d) He wanted Robert to suffer on death row.

3. What did Howard Marcellus used to chair?
(a) The pardon board.
(b) The lifer board.
(c) The parole board.
(d) The execution board.

4. What does Helen say a mother knows about her child?
(a) What is in his heart.
(b) What's in his smile.
(c) His deepest thoughts.
(d) What he is capable of.

5. What is the only thing a prisoners has to read in the hole?
(a) Prison rules.
(b) A Bible.
(c) Tourist guides.
(d) Song lyrics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Patrick think the governor is under pressure to execute him?

2. What is the name of Patrick's daughter?

3. What animal does Prejean claim she once tortured?

4. What does Helen have to get out of the car to do as she leaves Death Row?

5. What do the guards say they want nothing to with?

(see the answer key)

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