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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Vernon Harvey related to Faith?
(a) Her stepfather.
(b) Her brother-in-law.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

2. What does Robert want to come back and bomb?
(a) Cars.
(b) People.
(c) Buildings.
(d) Airplanes.

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

4. What is the nickname for the electric chair?
(a) Electric Elsie.
(b) Bertha Bruiser.
(c) Gruesome Gerty.
(d) Dirty Devil.

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

6. What does Robert do as the guards put the hood over his head?
(a) Winks at Helen.
(b) Screams his innocence.
(c) Spits at a guard.
(d) Laughs.

7. What is Liz Scott's job?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) An author.
(d) A reporter.

8. What did Robert order his mother to do at his sentencing?
(a) See the priest.
(b) Go home.
(c) Find a man.
(d) Dry up.

9. What does Robert have to wear during the execution?
(a) A plastic hat.
(b) A brace.
(c) A gum guard.
(d) A diaper.

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

11. What does Helen say people quote as grounds to keep the death penalty?
(a) You get what you ask for.
(b) An eye for an eye.
(c) A tooth for a tooth.
(d) What comes around, goes around.

12. What is the name of Faith Hathaway's mother?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Janet.
(d) Denise.

13. Who does Robert say you never see on Death Row?
(a) Rich people.
(b) Civil servants.
(c) Asians.
(d) Women.

14. What does Robert say happened to his father?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) He was jailed.
(c) He was executed.
(d) He died of cancer.

15. Who is Helen questioned by at the funeral?
(a) Reporters.
(b) The victims' family.
(c) The church members.
(d) Patrick's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Howard Marcellus convicted of in 1991?

2. Who does Howard say was aware of his bribes?

3. What does Helen say she loved Patrick as?

4. What is Helen organizing to bring attention to Patrick's case?

5. Why was the jury warned against sentencing Robert to life?

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