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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. How many volts of electricity pass through the body of a prisoner in the electric chair?

2. Where did Stevenson say that Georgia's death row was in the Introduction?

3. By what decade had McMillian developed a solid business?

4. In Chapter 6, who was Charlie accused of killing?

5. In Chapter 1, how many volumes were there of trial proceedings from Walter McMillian's trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What murder shocked Monroevill in 1986?

3. Where did Stevenson grow up?

4. As Stevenson spent time with McMillian, what did he learn about the man?

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

6. What did McMillian's house look like?

7. Where was the SPDC located, and what were the working conditions like when Stevenson worked there?

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

9. What was McMillians alibi for the time of the murder?

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

Stevenson felt like quitting. What made him feel like quitting? What motivated him to keep working in spite of the challenges and setbacks he faced?

Essay Topic 2

The deep South had Jim Crow and anti-miscegentation statutes on the books well into the twentieth century. What were some of the things that were forbidden by the statutes? What was the purpose of those statutes? How were the statutes related to racism?

Essay Topic 3

Stereotypes often lead to false charges. What were some instances where how a person was perceived or stereotyped a direct cause of their being falsely accused of a crime? How prevalent was stereotyping in the justice system? How did stereotyping lead to injustice?

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