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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. Under what charges was McMillian first arrested?
(a) Burglary.
(b) Sodomy.
(c) Rape.
(d) Murder.
2. What was the name of McMillian's wife?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Sally.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Minnie.
3. At the time Stevenson wrote the book, how much money was being spent on jails and prisons by state and federal governments?
(a) $60 billion.
(b) $6.9 billion.
(c) $8.4 billion.
(d) $80 billion.
4. In the weeks before Stevenson received a call from Judge Key, how many condemened men did he meet?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.
5. What was the name of the couple who began corresponding with Charlie?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Ross.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Jennings.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Coleman.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Carter.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 4, when was the building built that Stevenson rented for his new law center?
2. In Chapter 3, how large were the cells where death row inmates were housed?
3. When McMillian was taken to death row in Chapter 3, what percent of prisoners on death row were white?
4. What month did Stevenson first visit death row?
5. How many lawyers had Stevenson met before he started law school?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Stevenson grow up?
2. Why did Stevenson live with Steve Bright when he first worked in Atlanta?
3. What was the visitation room like where Stevenson met Henry?
4. In Chapter 2, what did a man in a wheelchair tell Stevenson were his medals of honor?
5. What were the laws about condemning children to death row?
6. What iwas Monroeville, Alabama, known for?
7. What type of business did Walter McMillian establish and how well did it prosper?
8. What was McMillians alibi for the time of the murder?
9. In Chapter 3, what happened to a young African American man named Michael Donald?
10. Why did Judige Robert E. Lee Key call Stevenson?
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