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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. What does Robert claim was his role in killing Faith?

2. What does Helen say she loved Patrick as?

3. Why does Vernon say he stopped himself from killing Robert?

4. Why does Robert say he signed a confession?

5. What do the guards put over Robert's head before they kill him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What role does politics play in Death Row? How can it affect the person's sentence? How can politics be prevented in interfering in execution cases?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the death penalty more prominent in the Southern states than the Northern states? In what does this suggest a tension between the two parts of the country?

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