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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 does Helen quote to Robert on the way to the execution chamber?
(a) The Lord's Prayer.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The execution laws.
(d) Robert's favorite poem.

2. What begins on October 26?
(a) Robert's execution.
(b) Robert's hearing.
(c) Helen's missionary work.
(d) The march.

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

4. Who warned the jury against sentencing Robert to life in prison?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The judge.
(c) The governor.
(d) The district attorney.

5. What sport did Robert play at Marion?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Football.
(c) GOlf.
(d) Baseball.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robert kill Faith?

2. Who does Millard select to help with Robert's case?

3. What does Robert say happened to his father?

4. What does Helen liken the members of the pardon board to?

5. Who does Robert say you never see on Death Row?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Robert want to prove himself to his mother?

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

3. How does Paul Phelps excuse his role in Patrick's death?

4. Why does Robert say he admires the Aryan Brotherhood?

5. What discrepancies does Helen find out about Robert's trial?

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

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

8. What does Helen learn from the newspaper account of Robert's trial?

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

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

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