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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Stevenson say that Georgia's death row was in the Introduction?
(a) Outside of Jackson.
(b) By Decatur.
(c) Near Atlanta.
(d) Athens.

2. How old was the young man that his grandmother wanted Stevenson to speak to in Chapter 6?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

3. In Chapter 1, how many volumes were there of trial proceedings from Walter McMillian's trial?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. In Chapter 3, how large were the cells where death row inmates were housed?
(a) 6 by 11 feet.
(b) 5 by 8 feet.
(c) 6 by 9 feet.
(d) 5 by 10 feet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did many of the black people work where Stevenson grew up?

2. When was the electric chair at Holman built?

3. In Chapter 6, how many times in the last 1 1/2 years had Charlie's mother been beaten so badly that she required medical treatment?

4. How long were Tony Pace and Mary Cox sentenced to prison for violating Alabama's racial integrity laws?

5. In what county was it decided to hold McMillian's trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Stevenson spent time with McMillian, what did he learn about the man?

2. Where was the SPDC located, and what were the working conditions like when Stevenson worked there?

3. What obstacles did Stevenson face when he opened the nonprofit law center in Tuscaloosa in Chapter 4?

4. What was McMillians alibi for the time of the murder?

5. In Chapter 3, what happened to a young African American man named Michael Donald?

6. What murder shocked Monroevill in 1986?

7. Where did Stevenson grow up?

8. Where was McMillian's house?

9. What iwas Monroeville, Alabama, known for?

10. Why was Charlie arrested?

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