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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 Helen say she loved Patrick as?

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

3. What does Sarah Jacoby urge in her writings?

4. What bad news does Robert receive in November?

5. What was Faith leaving to join the day after her murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the public think about Helen's involvement in Patrick's execution?

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

3. What controversial views does Robert view before his execution?

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

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

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

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

8. What was Robert WIllie's crime?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How do people on Death Row live? Why does Helen claim the worse thing about Death Row is the waiting? How do people in general cope with Death Row?

Essay Topic 3

In 1994, Tim Robbins directed a film version of DEAD MAN WALKING starring Sean Penn. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 6 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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