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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color was Myers wearing when he testified in Chapter 9?
(a) Tan.
(b) Orange.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

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

4. In Chapter 11, how many bomb threats had their been in the last two months?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

7. In Chapter 11, how many attorneys worked with Stevenson?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

8. 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) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

9. How many people before McMillian had been released from death row after being proved innocent?
(a) Several dozen.
(b) 32.
(c) About 20.
(d) 45.

10. Where did Michael O'Connor go to law school?
(a) University of Iowa.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) University of Colorado.

11. In Chapter 13, how long had Sheriff Tate been sheriff continuously?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 20 years.

12. In Chapter 13, what cap did New Hampshire have on the amount of compensation someone could receive for being wrongly incarcerated?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) $1,000,000.

13. When did Gulley, McCants, and Sullivan break into a house in Pensacola, Florida?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1996.

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

15. How did George Daniel suffer brain damage?
(a) An assault.
(b) A fall.
(c) Bicycle accident.
(d) Car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did McMillian's wallet have in it when he picked it up after his charges were dismissed in Chapter 11?

2. How many foster homes had Jenkins been in before he turned eight?

3. Where was Bernard Harcourt raised?

4. How long did "Dr. Ed Seger" successfully pretend to be a doctor?

5. In 1992, for how many prisoners had McMillian's team won relief in death penalty cases?

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