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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gary call those on the Parole Board who do not seek to fulfill the sentence they gave him?
(a) Molesters
(b) Liars
(c) Useless
(d) Cowards

2. Larry Schiller is a former ________ photographer turned sensationalist writer and wanna-be documentary producer.
(a) Newsweek
(b) National Geographic
(c) Life
(d) Time

3. Because Boaz is not a member of the Utah bar, he needs a ________ in order to plead Gary's case before the court.
(a) Sponsor
(b) Course in legal form
(c) Deposit
(d) Certification

4. Who does Gary have a date with on the morning of his execution?
(a) Leon
(b) Bessie
(c) Firing squad
(d) Nicole

5. How long of a time period after the ruling must a prisoner be executed in?
(a) 45 days
(b) 30 days
(c) 1 day
(d) 60 days

6. What does Gary do after he learns about his new execution date?
(a) Calls Nicole
(b) Asks for a priest
(c) Celebrates with his jail buddies
(d) Attempts suicide

7. Who is the pot-smoking, hippie-like, former prosecuting attorney from Boalt Hall?
(a) Bill Barrett
(b) Earl Dorius
(c) Dennis Boaz
(d) Roger Calhoun

8. What is the nickname Nicole is given by Gary, although it only comes up in their letters?
(a) Sweet lips
(b) Sunshine
(c) Nutmeg
(d) Freckles

9. Where does Nicole hide the pills she is sneaking in to Gary?
(a) Her hat
(b) A shoe
(c) Her vagina
(d) Her purse

10. What does Schiller make Gary do in order to regulate the questions he is being asked by his lawyers?
(a) Give them to him beforehand
(b) Read them aloud
(c) Only answer every other one
(d) Nothing

11. Who is pissed off at Schiller for not being able to attend Gary's memorial service?
(a) Tamara
(b) Brenda Barrett
(c) Dennis Boaz
(d) Nicole

12. What does Schiller feel he needs to do with Gary in order to make his planned book and film production work?
(a) Humanize him
(b) Drag out his execution
(c) Write out the entire story
(d) Sensationalize him

13. What kind of pills does Nicole find in order to go through with her and Gary's suicide pact?
(a) Sleeping pills
(b) Anti-psychotics
(c) Pain pills
(d) Sedatives

14. Who does Nicole pick up, although she has promised not to sleep with anyone else?
(a) Sam Smith
(b) A hitchhiker
(c) Dennis Boaz
(d) Larry Schiller

15. The priest at the memorial service reminds the guests that, "We knew him as a ______ person. We shall always retain and keep that memory..."
(a) Spirited
(b) Horrible
(c) Confused
(d) Great, lovable

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides that wooing Gary's family might be a better way to get the rights to his story?

2. What are Gary's second to last words before he is killed?

3. Where does Nicole eventually end up, even though she was settling well into a new life?

4. What does Schiller realize he does not have once he is inside the prison's fence?

5. __________ is undecided whether or not he wants to pursue a stay against his brother's wishes.

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