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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the hearing Millard decides is best that Patrick does not attend?
(a) The Row Board.
(b) The Pardon Board.
(c) The Parole Board.
(d) The Life Board.

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

3. What does Helen have to get out of the car to do as she leaves Death Row?
(a) Cry.
(b) Vomit.
(c) Pray.
(d) Scream.

4. Why does Patrick say his mother rarely comes to visit him?
(a) She has no money.
(b) She suffers bad health.
(c) She is in prison.
(d) She does not like him.

5. Where is Helen at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Her mother's house.
(b) Death row.
(c) Le Blanc's house.
(d) Bourque's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Patrick think the governor is under pressure to execute him?

2. What is the title of Albert Camus' essay on capital punishment?

3. What do the guards say they want nothing to with?

4. What is the only thing a prisoners has to read in the hole?

5. What part of their body did the Heel String Gang slit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Helen force the prison to relax their rules on giving visitors food?

2. What does Helen state about the love between her and Patrick?

3. How does Lloyd LeBlanc make Helen question herself?

4. What does Helen say she thinks about the pardon board in this section?

5. What is Helen's opinions of Patrick after her first visit with him?

6. How does Patrick's situation change on August 19?

7. Why does Helen think Patrick heeds her word and not leaving life with hatred in his heart?

8. Why is Patrick in jail?

9. What was Patrick's upbringing like?

10. Why does the governor refuse to interfere with Patrick's execution?

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