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

2. Where did Stevenson go to college?

3. How much did Stevenson say that he made a year in Chapter 2?

4. How long were Minnie McMillian's shifts at the plant in Chapter 5?

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

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

4. Why did Stevenson live with Steve Bright when he first worked in Atlanta?

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

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

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

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

9. What did McMillian's house look like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stevenson’s grandmother always told him to “Keep close.” What did his grandmother mean by that statement? How could keeping close help Stevenson in life and give him a proper perspective? How did that statement influence Stevenson?

Essay Topic 2

Stevenson noted that many of his clients experienced dehumanizing experiences. What were some dehumanizing experiences suffered by Stevenson’s clients? Were these experiences deliberately imposed upon them by law enforcement? How did dehumanization help to pervert justice?

Essay Topic 3

In the introduction, Stevenson discusses individual character. How does Stevenson define character and what it means for individuals? What does he believe affects one’s character? How does he feel that character can be measured?

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