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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Vernon and Elizabeth Hardy's daughter?
(a) Leigh.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Faith.
(d) Jane.

2. What is the name of the house Helen works at in New Orleans?
(a) Love House.
(b) Rainbow House.
(c) God's House.
(d) Hope House.

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

4. Where is Eddie not allowed to go to on the day of Patrick's funeral?
(a) The wake.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The church.
(d) The hearing.

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

6. Who does Patrick apologize to before he dies?
(a) His mother.
(b) Helen.
(c) The governor.
(d) LeBlanc.

7. What is Frank Blackburn's position in the prison?
(a) Electric chair operator.
(b) Jailer.
(c) Guard.
(d) Warden.

8. What part of their body did the Heel String Gang slit?
(a) Their eyes.
(b) Their throats.
(c) Their Achilles heel.
(d) Their noses.

9. Who goes with Helen to see Patrick on January 18?
(a) Lillian.
(b) Millard,
(c) Ort.
(d) Kimellen,

10. Who does Helen note cried at Patrick's execution?
(a) Quigley.
(b) Eddie.
(c) LeBlanc.
(d) Millard.

11. What kind of animal does Patrick draw on the envelope?
(a) A duck.
(b) A dog.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A cat.

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

13. What does Prejean claim scarcely exists in New Orleans?
(a) God.
(b) Law and order.
(c) Counselling.
(d) Medical care.

14. What does Prejean say the Sonnier brothers are riddled with?
(a) Hate.
(b) Contradictions.
(c) Passion.
(d) Spontaneity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Helen think Patrick does not apologize to Mr. Borgue?

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

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

4. What did Patrick serve time for in 1968?

5. Where does Kimellen travel to on Christmas Day?

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