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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 Patrick's mother?
(a) Petra.
(b) Gladys.
(c) Phylis.
(d) Janice.

2. What did Patrick serve time for in 1968?
(a) GBH.
(b) Stealing a truck.
(c) Breaking and entering.
(d) Armed robbery.

3. What does Millard say 99% of death row inmates are?
(a) Middle-class.
(b) Mentally ill.
(c) Poor.
(d) Innocent.

4. What does the governor say he has been elected by the people to do?
(a) Carry out the law.
(b) See justice done.
(c) Make changes.
(d) Keep people happy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eddie write a letter to in Chapter 3?

2. Who does Eddie say is guilty of the two teenagers' murders?

3. What does Helen ask Patrick to do for her?

4. What does Prejean say people call the part of the city where the black people lived?

5. Where is Helen at the beginning of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lloyd LeBlanc make Helen question herself?

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

3. What memories does Patrick have of his father?

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

5. What happens during Patrick's execution?

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

7. What does Patrick say his and Eddie's plan was once they were arrested?

8. Why does Helen refuse Colon's offer to write to another prisoner?

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

10. Why is Patrick in jail?

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