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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. How old were many of Stevenson's death row Alabama clients when they committed the crimes they were accused of committing?
(a) 13-14.
(b) 14-15.
(c) 15-16.
(d) 16-17.

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

3. In Chapter 3, where did Myers say that McMillian made him drive?
(a) Bill's Gas Station.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Jackson Cleaners.
(d) A deserted road.

4. How old was McMillian when he was able to run a plow very well?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

5. In Chapter 3, what was the name of the jailhouse snitch who claimed he had seen McMillian's truck outside of Jackson's Cleaners?
(a) Matt Wilson.
(b) Bill Hooks.
(c) Ted Dansig.
(d) Bob Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how long did it take to execute John Evans?

2. How long did Stevenson sleep on Steve Bright's living room couch before deciding to find an apartment of his own?

3. In Chapter 3, who was a young African American man who was lynched in Mobile?

4. When did W.E.B. Du Bois write The Souls of Black Folk?

5. What was the receptionist wearing in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 2, what did a man in a wheelchair tell Stevenson were his medals of honor?

4. What iwas Monroeville, Alabama, known for?

5. Why did Stevenson worry that he made the wrong choice when he began classes at Harvard?

6. What was Myers's version of the murder of Ronda Morrison?

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

8. What type of business did Walter McMillian establish and how well did it prosper?

9. What happened to Lourida Ruffin?

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

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