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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long were Minnie McMillian's shifts at the plant in Chapter 5?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 11 hours.

2. How long did Stevenson sleep on Steve Bright's living room couch before deciding to find an apartment of his own?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 15 months.
(d) 1 1/2 years.

3. In Chapter 3, how long were death row inmates locked in a small cell by themselves daily?
(a) 20 hours.
(b) 18 hours.
(c) 23 hours.
(d) 15 hours.

4. Where did Stevenson meet Steve Bright, director of the SPDC?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Decatur.
(d) Jackson.

5. When were McMillian and Myers transferred from county jail to death row?
(a) June 11, 1987.
(b) May 13, 1986.
(c) August 23, 1986.
(d) August 1, 1987.

6. When was McMillian arrested?
(a) November 8, 1988.
(b) June 7, 1987.
(c) January 3, 1985.
(d) May 13, 1986.

7. Where did Stevenson's mother work?
(a) Food factory.
(b) School as a janitor.
(c) Air Force Base.
(d) Wealthy homes as a domestic.

8. When McMillian was taken to death row in Chapter 3, what percent of prisoners on death row were white?
(a) 40%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 30%.

9. What was the receptionist wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) Jeans and a sweatshirt.
(b) Expensive business suit.
(c) Dress slacks and a button-down shirt.
(d) Khakis and a jean jacket.

10. How old was McMillian when he was able to run a plow very well?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

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

12. 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) 1990.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1991.

13. How long had Stevenson been working for SPDC when he met Walter McMillian?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

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

15. Where did Stevenson go to law school?
(a) Yale.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what time did Stevenson leave the trailer where he met with McMillian's family?

2. When Earl MGahee was tried by an all-white jury in Dallas County, what percent of the county was African American?

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

4. Where did Stevenson go to college?

5. By what decade had McMillian developed a solid business?

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