Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States Test | Final Test - Easy

Helen Prejean
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 104 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What bad news does Robert receive in November?
(a) He is denied a new trial.
(b) His brother passes away.
(c) His mother passes away.
(d) His execution is put forward a month.

3. What kind of test does Helen arrange for Robert to take?
(a) A spiritual test.
(b) A religious test.
(c) An eyetest.
(d) A polygraph test.

4. What does John say would be a mistake to bring up at Robert's hearing?
(a) The governors intervention.
(b) The jury's mistakes.
(c) Robert's new found faith in God.
(d) The political aspects of the case.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How did Robert kill Faith?
(a) He stabbed her.
(b) He cut off her head.
(c) He shot her.
(d) He strangled her.

12. What does one letter say nuns know nothing about?
(a) Criminals.
(b) Justice.
(c) Fun.
(d) The world.

13. Where was Faith's body discovered?
(a) A cave.
(b) A mountainside.
(c) A lake.
(d) A river.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Faith Hathaway's mother?

2. Why did Robert complain about the baked potato?

3. Why does Robert say it is hard for him to sympathize with the victim's parents?

4. Who does Robert tell Helen he doesn't plan to be chummy with?

5. Who does Robert say the CIA assassinates?

(see the answer keys)

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