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

2. What does Helen say is the true meaning behind eye for an eye?
(a) People should forgive but not forget.
(b) Justice should be commensurate with the crime.
(c) Justice should fit the crime.
(d) People should respect each other.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert ask Helen if she misses?

2. What was Howard Marcellus convicted of in 1991?

3. What is the nickname for the electric chair?

4. What did Howard Marcellus used to chair?

5. What does Helen tell Robert is her goal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Robert try to excuse his crime?

2. How does Helen reassure Robert about his mother's feelings?

3. What does Robert say he can't understand about Helen?

4. What does Helen say about moral codes and the death penalty in this section?

5. How does Robert claim the police duped him?

6. What does Helen lean about Faith's death in this section?

7. Why does Helen liken the pardon hearing to a firing squad?

8. How have Elizabeth and Vernon's life been difficult since the death of Faith?

9. How does Helen support her involvement in Patrick's execution?

10. What are the new attitudes surrounding women and death row inmates?

(see the answer keys)

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