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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did "The New York Times" attempt to raise money to defend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. against perjury charges in Alabama?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1961.

4. How far did Stevenson and O'Connor drive to see Myers in Chapter 7?
(a) 50 miles.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 120 miles.
(d) 2 hours.

5. How old was Colbey at the time Hurricane Ivan hit?
(a) 43.
(b) 41.
(c) 39.
(d) 34.

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

7. How old was Trina Garnett when her mother died?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

8. In Chapter 10, how many prison and jail inmates had a diagnosed mental illness?
(a) More than 50%.
(b) 32%.
(c) About 40%.
(d) 81%.

9. 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.

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

11. In Chapter 10, what drug did Stevenson say was misused in many mental institutions?
(a) Nardil.
(b) Pardate.
(c) Thorazine.
(d) Lithium.

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) $25,000.
(c) $200,000.
(d) $1,000,000.

13. In Chapter 9, how many doctors testified that Myers told them he was being coerced to say that McMillian killed Morrison?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

14. In Chapter 7 how many pages was the opinion about McMilian's appeal?
(a) 70.
(b) 90.
(c) 60.
(d) 85.

15. When was a new trial order for the McMillian case in Chapter 11?
(a) March 2.
(b) January 30.
(c) February 23.
(d) April 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did a jury award John Thompson for being incarcerated wrongly?

2. What was the name of the police office who was first on the scene where Morrison was killed?

3. Who was the mechanic that modified McMillian's truck?

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

5. In Chapter 13, what newspaper covered McMillian's exoneration and homecoming in a front-page story?

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