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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Earl Dorius realizes that as the media is let into the prison, the ____________ of the prison becomes lax.
(a) Peace
(b) Civility
(c) Security
(d) Quiet

3. What is given to Gary every few hours during his final party?
(a) Gifts
(b) Food
(c) Speed
(d) Heroin

4. What is Gary's eventual new execution date, as prescribed by the judge?
(a) January 7
(b) January 31
(c) March 1
(d) January 17

5. The US Supreme Court decided that the press does not have a constitutional right to enter prisons to ____________.
(a) See executions
(b) Interview inmates
(c) Talk to the wardens
(d) See the death row cells

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

7. Who does Gary want a phone call from in order to stop his hunger strike?
(a) Brenda
(b) Nicole
(c) Bessie
(d) Vern

8. Who is taken in as the agent fro Gary during the setting of the rights to Gary's story?
(a) Brenda
(b) Bessie
(c) Nicole
(d) Vern

9. 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) Sedatives
(d) Pain pills

10. Over what town do Gary's ashes fall, although it is illegal to do so?
(a) Portland
(b) Spanish Forks
(c) Salt Lake City
(d) Provo

11. Who finds the business of selling Gary's letters ghoulish and distasteful?
(a) Vern
(b) Leon
(c) Stephanie
(d) Bessie

12. What does Gary learn during his last interview - "Says it's illegal to use _______ to shoot me."
(a) Rifles
(b) Taxpayer money
(c) Bullets
(d) The law

13. Who decides that wooing Gary's family might be a better way to get the rights to his story?
(a) David Susskind
(b) Larry Schiller
(c) Earl Dorius
(d) Stanley Greenberg

14. Who is the warden at Utah State Penitentiary that tries to keep all of the reporters out, although he lets Boaz in?
(a) Earl Dorius
(b) Sam Smith
(c) Jonas Thomas
(d) Bill Barrett

15. When others tell Gary he needs to get back at Gibbs, what does Gary say? "I can __________ from here."
(a) Handle it
(b) See the problem
(c) Make plans
(d) See the truth

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gary have a temper tantrum which leads to his being forced to spend Christmas in solitary?

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

3. Who is the print journalist that is making his debut with CBS Live and wants an interview with Gary?

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

5. What does one reporter say about the media's attention to Gary: "Can you believe the attention this cheap ______ is getting?"

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