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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the nickname for the electric chair?

3. What does Robert say he would be willing to do if someone killed young children?

4. What does Helen say there is need for when it comes to revenge?

5. What political figure does Prejean ask Robert if he admires?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Helen think that there needs to be restraint when it comes to revenge?

3. What advice does John Croft give Helen and Millard about Robert's hearing?

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

5. How does Robert claim the police duped him?

6. Why does Howard say he continued to accept the bribes?

7. What does Helen say an eye for an eye means?

8. What does Howard say was his role as a team player?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Lloyd LeBlanc feel it important to forgive Patrick? How does forgiving him so easily help him get over his daughter's death?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Patrick barred from attending his own hearing? What difference would it have made if he attended? What kind of person do you think Patrick would have become if he was allowed to live?

Essay Topic 3

What is Helen's relationship with Vernon? How does Vernon help to balance Helen's views on the death penalty? Why does Elizabeth see her as the only person who can bring back his will to live?

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