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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What program is Helen involved in at Hope House?
(a) The foster care program.
(b) The orphange program.
(c) The adult education program.
(d) The teenage drug program.

4. What kind of prisoner does John say Robert is?
(a) A self-educated prisoner.
(b) A violent prisoner.
(c) A model prisoner.
(d) A political prisoner.

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

6. What was Faith leaving to join the day after her murder?
(a) The police force.
(b) The ambulance service.
(c) The military.
(d) The fire brigade.

7. Why does Robert say it is hard for him to sympathize with the victim's parents?
(a) They have upset his mother.
(b) They are trying to kill him.
(c) They have spread lies about him.
(d) They are guilty of their own crimes.

8. What does Helen say executions encourage?
(a) Vigilantes.
(b) More crime.
(c) Fear.
(d) Paranoia.

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

10. What is Robert working to improve?
(a) His untapped talent as a writer.
(b) Prisoners' rights on death row.
(c) His spiritual self.
(d) He relations with his family.

11. What does Helen say there is need for when it comes to revenge?
(a) Strict laws.
(b) Restraint.
(c) Justice.
(d) Thought.

12. Who does Robert say the CIA assassinates?
(a) Good people.
(b) Poor people.
(c) Enemies of the state.
(d) Anyone it pleases.

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

14. Who does Robert cry to in this section?
(a) Millard.
(b) His mother.
(c) Helen.
(d) His stepfather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Phelps excuse himself for his responsibility in Patrick's death?

2. What does Helen say is the true meaning behind eye for an eye?

3. What does Robert say his state was on the night he murdered Faith?

4. What does Robert say happened to his father?

5. What bad news does Robert receive in November?

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