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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. When McMillian was taken to death row in Chapter 3, what percent of prisoners on death row were white?
(a) 15%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 20%.

2. What was the name of the couple who began corresponding with Charlie?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Jennings.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Ross.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Coleman.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Carter.

3. When did Stevenson and Eva Ansley discover an opportunity to get federal funding to create a legal center to represent people on death row in Alabama?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1990.

4. When did the State of Idaho ban interracial marriage?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1884.

5. How many lawyers had Stevenson met before he started law school?
(a) 6 or 7.
(b) None.
(c) 5 or 6.
(d) 1 or 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who told Stevenson that he needed "to beat the drum for justice"?

2. What month did Stevenson first visit death row?

3. When was McMillian arrested?

4. In Chapter 5, how long had it been since McMillian's arrest?

5. How many people died by the end of the Attica standoff?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Charlie after Stevenson got involved?

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

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

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

5. What were the laws about condemning children to death row?

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

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

8. Where did Stevenson grow up?

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

10. What happened to Lourida Ruffin?

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