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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What church was across the street from the Alabama Judicial Building?
(a) Dexter Avenue Baptist.
(b) Frazier United Methodist.
(c) Covenant Presbyterian.
(d) Gateway Baptist.

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

3. What type of dog was in the courtroom on the second day of McMillian's case in Chapter 9?
(a) Pit bull.
(b) Rottweiler.
(c) German Shepherd.
(d) Bloodhound.

4. When Mrs. Williams saw the dog in the courtroom in Chapter 9, what year did she remember?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1962.

5. How much time did Judge Norton want Stevenson and his staff to take to present McMillian's case?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 1 week.

6. How old was Assistant Attoney General Don Valeska in Chapter 9?
(a) 40s.
(b) 47.
(c) 50s.
(d) 35.

7. In Chapter 7, how many years had it been since McMillian's trial?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

8. Who was the judge who dismissed all charges against McMillian?
(a) David Andrew Martin
(b) Rebecca Horseman.
(c) Robert E. Lee Key.
(d) Pamela Baschab.

9. In the 1990s, what deinstitutionalization rate did several states have?
(a) More than 95%.
(b) More than 80%.
(c) 73%.
(d) 66 percent.66%.

10. In Chapter 11, how many years ago had an African American civil rights lawyer in Savannah, Georgia, named Robert Robinson been murdered by a bomb exploding in his office?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

11. How much money did McMillian's wallet have in it when he picked it up after his charges were dismissed in Chapter 11?
(a) $23.
(b) $45.
(c) $38.
(d) $17.

12. Where was Myers imprisoned in Chapter 7?
(a) Odenville.
(b) Palmerdale.
(c) Rainbow City.
(d) Springville.

13. In Chapter 13, what newspaper covered McMillian's exoneration and homecoming in a front-page story?
(a) "The New York Times."
(b) "Los Angeles Times."
(c) "Chicago Tribune."
(d) "The Washington Post."

14. In 1992, how many people were executed in the United States?
(a) 41.
(b) 56.
(c) 38.
(d) 23.

15. What did Myers want to drink when Stevenson and O'Connor spoke to him in Chapter 7?
(a) Pepsi.
(b) Root beer.
(c) Coke.
(d) Sunkist Orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Trina Garnett when she was sent to an adult prison for women?

2. How far did Stevenson and O'Connor drive to see Myers in Chapter 7?

3. How long after Ronda Morrison's murder was McMillian's truck converted to a low-rider?

4. In Chapter 7, what was the name of the women's prison where Karen Kelly was incarcerated?

5. In Chapter 13, what cap did New Hampshire have on the amount of compensation someone could receive for being wrongly incarcerated?

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