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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 Bright grow up?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Kentucky.

2. In Chapter 6, how did George's first wife and child die?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Hit-and-run accident.
(d) Armed robbery.

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

4. How old was Henry?
(a) 37.
(b) 23.
(c) 28.
(d) 31.

5. When Earl MGahee was tried by an all-white jury in Dallas County, what percent of the county was African American?
(a) 60 percent.
(b) 70 percent.
(c) 40 percent.
(d) 55 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older was Walter McMilian than Stevenson?

2. In Chapter 4, when did Stevenson and Eva Ansley open their new law center in Tuscaloosa?

3. How old was McMillian when he was able to run a plow very well?

4. How long was Stevenson's first visit with Henry supposed to be in the Introduction?

5. When did police say that the Morrison murder took place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was McMillian's house?

2. Why did Horace Dunkins' execution make national news?

3. What was the visitation room like where Stevenson met Henry?

4. Why did Michael Lindsey receive a death penalty instead of life imprisonment?

5. Why did Judige Robert E. Lee Key call Stevenson?

6. How did Stevenson describe his preparation to meet a condemned man in 1983?

7. What happened to Charlie after Stevenson got involved?

8. Who was Steve Bright?

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

10. What did Stevenson study in college, and why did he decide to attend law school?

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