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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what was the name of the jailhouse snitch who claimed he had seen McMillian's truck outside of Jackson's Cleaners?
(a) Ted Dansig.
(b) Bob Miller.
(c) Bill Hooks.
(d) Matt Wilson.

2. In Chapter 3, who was a young African American man who was lynched in Mobile?
(a) Peter Andrews.
(b) Michael Donald.
(c) Daniel Rivers.
(d) Tom Watson.

3. Where did Bright grow up?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Tennessee.

4. In Chapter 4, when was the building built that Stevenson rented for his new law center?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1889.

5. How much older was Walter McMilian than Stevenson?
(a) About 10 years.
(b) 12.
(c) At least 15 years.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lawyers had Stevenson met before he started law school?

2. When were McMillian and Myers transferred from county jail to death row?

3. In Chapter 1, how many volumes were there of trial proceedings from Walter McMillian's trial?

4. When was the ban on interracial marriage eliminated?

5. At the time Stevenson wrote the book, how much money was being spent on jails and prisons by state and federal governments?

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