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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 long were Tony Pace and Mary Cox sentenced to prison for violating Alabama's racial integrity laws?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 year.

2. What month did Stevenson first visit death row?
(a) January.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) February.

3. In Chapter 1, how many people were on death row in Alabama?
(a) About 125.
(b) 150.
(c) Nearly 100.
(d) 135.

4. 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?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1987.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, who told Stevenson that he needed "to beat the drum for justice"?

3. Where did Stevenson's mother work?

4. How many children did Stevenson's grandmother have?

5. What did Judge Key say that Walter McMillian might be a part of?

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