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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Stevenson grow up?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Delaware.

3. Where was the SPDC located when Stevenson started his internship?
(a) Greenville.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Baton Rouge.

4. At the time Stevenson wrote the book, how much money was being spent on jails and prisons by state and federal governments?
(a) $80 billion.
(b) $8.4 billion.
(c) $60 billion.
(d) $6.9 billion.

5. In Chapter 2, who told Stevenson that he needed "to beat the drum for justice"?
(a) An older man using crutches.
(b) An elderly woman.
(c) A young mother.
(d) A man in a wheelchair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had Stevenson been working for SPDC when he met Walter McMillian?

2. When did Stevenson and Eva Ansley discover an opportunity to get federal funding to create a legal center to represent people on death row in Alabama?

3. Where did many of the black people work where Stevenson grew up?

4. How old was Henry?

5. Where in Alabama did Stevenson plan to open an office in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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