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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Paul Phelps design?
(a) Death row.
(b) The White House.
(c) The electric chair.
(d) The modern execution process.

2. What does Robert think his mother can't handle?
(a) His funeral.
(b) His new trial.
(c) His execution.
(d) His pardon hearing.

3. What does Helen say Robert's mother's tears speak louder than?
(a) Her words.
(b) Robert's words.
(c) The victim's cries.
(d) The justice system.

4. What does Helen say everybody involved in the execution process does?
(a) Feels he/she is overseeing justice.
(b) Falls into deep depression after an execution.
(c) Feels personal pride at the executions.
(d) Denies personal responsibilty.

5. What will the guards do to Robert's jeans before he is executed?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Tear them down their seam.
(c) Rip out their back.
(d) Cut them to the knee.

6. What was Howard Marcellus convicted of in 1991?
(a) Accepting bribes.
(b) Armed robbery.
(c) Leaking secrets.
(d) Fraud.

7. What does Don say will skew the results of the phonograph test?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Cold air.
(c) Nervous energy.
(d) Emotional stress.

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

9. What does Robert say he would be willing to do if someone killed young children?
(a) Act as their lawyer.
(b) Stand up for their rights.
(c) Pull the switch.
(d) Talk to the families.

10. What did Joseph do to the young man he and Robert kidnapped?
(a) Gave him brain damage.
(b) Paralyzed him.
(c) Killed him.
(d) Raped him.

11. What does Robert say he couldn't imagine a life without?
(a) God.
(b) Love.
(c) Violence.
(d) Sex.

12. What does the U.S. call the Contras?
(a) Freedom fighters.
(b) Guerillas.
(c) Terrorists.
(d) Weakened scum.

13. Who does Robert tell Helen he doesn't plan to be chummy with?
(a) His siblings.
(b) God.
(c) Faith's parents.
(d) The guards.

14. What political figure does Prejean ask Robert if he admires?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Churchill.

15. Why does Robert say he signed a confession?
(a) The police told him he would receive more leniant sentence.
(b) The police told him he couldn't get a lawyer until he did so.
(c) The police told him they would torture him.
(d) The police told him they would arrest his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one letter say nuns know nothing about?

2. Who does Robert say the CIA assassinates?

3. Why did Robert complain about the baked potato?

4. What is the name of the prison built to replace Alcatraz?

5. What does Helen quote to Robert on the way to the execution chamber?

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