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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15, 16, and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Brenda Lewis's occupation before she became a paralegal?
(a) Assembly worker.
(b) Day care worker.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Police officer.

2. In Chapter 12, what was the name of a woman who gave birth to a stillborn baby in Pickens County, Alabama, and was charged with capital murder?
(a) Patty Vickers.
(b) Catherine Davidson.
(c) Bridget Lee.
(d) Margaret McAllen.

3. When did the U.S. Supreme Court decide that life imprisonment without parole sentences imposed on children convicted of no-homicide crimes was cruel and unusual punishment and constitutionally impermissible?
(a) May 17, 2010.
(b) April 30, 2010.
(c) June 2, 2010.
(d) March 30, 2010.

4. In 1999, how many people were executed in the United States?
(a) 84.
(b) 71.
(c) 103.
(d) 98.

5. How old was the young man that his grandmother wanted Stevenson to speak to in Chapter 6?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people before McMillian had been released from death row after being proved innocent?

2. When McMillian was taken to death row in Chapter 3, what percent of prisoners on death row were white?

3. What type of dog was in the courtroom on the second day of McMillian's case in Chapter 9?

4. What was the nickanme that McMillian's family had given him?

5. In Chapter 4, when was the building built that Stevenson rented for his new law center?

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