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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of the couple who began corresponding with Charlie?
2. How close did McMillian's family live to the prison where McMillian was incarcerated?
3. How old were many of Stevenson's death row Alabama clients when they committed the crimes they were accused of committing?
4. How many lawyers had Stevenson met before he started law school?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Stevenson worry that he made the wrong choice when he began classes at Harvard?
2. What were the laws about condemning children to death row?
3. What type of business did Walter McMillian establish and how well did it prosper?
4. Why was Charlie arrested?
5. Why did Horace Dunkins' execution make national news?
6. What was Myers's version of the murder of Ronda Morrison?
7. What did McMillian's house look like?
8. What murder shocked Monroevill in 1986?
9. Why did Stevenson live with Steve Bright when he first worked in Atlanta?
10. What obstacles did Stevenson face when he opened the nonprofit law center in Tuscaloosa in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In McMillian’s case and others, intimidation was used in their cases. How was intimidation used in McMillian’s case and other cases? How did the use of intimidation pervert justice?
Essay Topic 2
Stevenson saw power in hope. How long did it take Stevenson to realize the importance and power of hope? How was hope demonstrated by Stevenson and his clients? In what ways was hope a powerful tool for Stevenson, his staff, and his clients?
Essay Topic 3
Stevenson began to know the type of person McMillian was as he worked with him. How did Stevenson become acquainted with McMillian? What were the circumstances that McMillian had to deal with? How did he act in spite of his circumstances? What did his behavior in prison and out reveal about the type of man he was?
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