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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between 1990 and 2005, how often did a prison open in the United States?
(a) Every other week.
(b) One a week.
(c) Every 10 days.
(d) Every 6 days.

2. How old was Joe Sullivan when he was accused of sexual assault?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 17.

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

4. In 1992, for how many prisoners had McMillian's team won relief in death penalty cases?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

5. 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) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

6. How many children did Marsha Colbey have when Hurricane Ivan hit?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

7. According to McCleskey v. Kemp, how many times more likely were offenders in Georgia likely to get the death penalty if the victim was white?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 22.
(d) 5.

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

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

10. When was the Alabama Judicial Building renovated into a courthouse?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1930s.

11. How long after Ronda Morrison's murder was McMillian's truck converted to a low-rider?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 6 months.

12. How old was Judge Norton?
(a) 50s.
(b) 40s.
(c) 46.
(d) 58.

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

14. In Chapter 12, how many of the women on Alabama's death row were condemned for deaths of their young children or the deaths of abusive spouses or boyfriends?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

15. How old was Evan Miller when he began attempting to commit suicide?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Myers want to drink when Stevenson and O'Connor spoke to him in Chapter 7?

2. What was the name of Stevenson's receptionist in Chapter 11?

3. How many years had Joe Sullivan been in prison when Stevenson became involved in his case?

4. In 1992, how many people were executed in the United States?

5. When did Judge Norton rule on McMillian's appear?

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