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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, how long did it take to execute John Evans?

2. Where in Alabama did Stevenson plan to open an office in Chapter 1?

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

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 5, what time did Stevenson leave the trailer where he met with McMillian's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What iwas Monroeville, Alabama, known for?

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

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

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

5. What murder shocked Monroevill in 1986?

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

7. What did McMillian's house look like?

8. Where was McMillian's house?

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

10. Why was Charlie arrested?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stevenson began to realize that everyone is broken. In what ways did Stevenson see brokenness in people? How did Stevenson believe that brokenness could lead to hope, mercy, and compassion for one’s self and for others?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Stevenson struggled during his first year of law school. What were his struggles? How did the Socratic method increase his struggles? How did he overcome his struggles and continue on in law school?

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