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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Bright grow up?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Tennessee.

2. When was the electric chair at Holman built?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1930s.

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

4. What was the name of McMillian's older sister?
(a) Ophelia Martin.
(b) Anna Roth.
(c) Sophie Price.
(d) Armelia Hand.

5. In Chapter 4, when did Stevenson and Eva Ansley open their new law center in Tuscaloosa?
(a) February 1989.
(b) January 1989.
(c) March 1989.
(d) April 1989.

6. Where did Stevenson go to college?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Iowa.

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

8. How many people died by the end of the Attica standoff?
(a) 39.
(b) 53.
(c) 42.
(d) 27.

9. How old was Stevenson in 1983?
(a) 22.
(b) 24.
(c) 23.
(d) 21.

10. When did the Supreme Court uphold the death penalty for juveniles?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1989.

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

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

13. What did Judge Key say that Walter McMillian might be a part of?
(a) Florida Mafia.
(b) Cafish Mafia.
(c) Dixie Mafia.
(d) Georgia Mafia.

14. Between 1975 and 1988, how many executions had there been in Alabama?
(a) 23.
(b) 12.
(c) 35.
(d) 3.

15. Where in Alabama did Stevenson plan to open an office in Chapter 1?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Tuscaloosa.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Mobile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how many volumes were there of trial proceedings from Walter McMillian's trial?

2. In Chapter 3, who was a young African American man who was lynched in Mobile?

3. In Chapter 3, how long did it take to execute John Evans?

4. How long did Stevenson sleep on Steve Bright's living room couch before deciding to find an apartment of his own?

5. What month did Stevenson first visit death row?

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