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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Stevenson study in college?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Computer Science.

2. In the late nineteenth century, who were responsible for getting the mentally ill out of prison?
(a) Millie Davis and Reverend Jeff Erickson.
(b) Peggy Andrews and Reverend David Scott.
(c) Dorothea Dix and Reverend Louis Dwight.
(d) Louise Ransom and Reverend Scott Andrews.

3. In Chapter 7, how many states enacted laws that gave victims specific right to participate in the trial process or to make a victim impact statement?
(a) 36.
(b) 27.
(c) 39.
(d) 42.

4. Under what charges was McMillian first arrested?
(a) Murder.
(b) Rape.
(c) Burglary.
(d) Sodomy.

5. When Earl MGahee was tried by an all-white jury in Dallas County, what percent of the county was African American?
(a) 40 percent.
(b) 55 percent.
(c) 70 percent.
(d) 60 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how long had it been since McMillian's arrest?

2. How old was Assistant Attoney General Don Valeska in Chapter 9?

3. In what county did Mozelle and Onzelle live?

4. In Chapter 5, what was the name of the white person that the McMillians had worked for who called Stevenson to offer support?

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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