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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 people could confirm that Walter was not responsible for the murder?

2. How long was Stevenson's visit with Henry in the Introduction?

3. When McMillian was taken to death row in Chapter 3, what percent of prisoners on death row were white?

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

5. In Chapter 3, where did Myers say that McMillian made him drive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What iwas Monroeville, Alabama, known for?

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

4. Where did Stevenson grow up?

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

6. What happened to Lourida Ruffin?

7. What was Myers's version of the murder of Ronda Morrison?

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

9. Who was Steve Bright?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Like his clients, Stevenson experienced racism. What was the incident Stevenson related where he experienced racism from the police? How did the experiences of racism that he had influence his desire to find justice for clients who had experienced racism?

Essay Topic 2

Flaws in the legal system often lead to injustice. What were some flaws in the legal system that Stevenson discovered? How did those flaws lead to injustice?

Essay Topic 3

Stevenson noticed how history played a role in justice. How did Stevenson see the way that history influenced the American justice system? How did history continue to influence the justice system? How did that affect the cases that Stevenson worked on?

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