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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. Where was Bernard Harcourt raised?

2. How old was Evan Miller when he began attempting to commit suicide?

3. Where did McMillian spend his first week out of prison?

4. How old was Trina Garnett when her mother died?

5. In Chapter 11, how many years ago had an African American civil rights lawyer in Savannah, Georgia, named Robert Robinson been murdered by a bomb exploding in his office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Joe Sullivan indicted for and why?

2. Why did McMillian have to quit his logging business?

3. What was Sullivan like in 1989, and what was his home life like?

4. What was eventually discovered about the doctor who declared George Daniel sane to stand trial for murder?

5. In Chapter 11, why did Stevenson have to take bomb threats seriously?

6. How did Stevenson's grandfather die?

7. What was solitary confinement like at Apalachee?

8. Who was John Patterson?

9. In Chapter 9, what did Judge Norton say about the length of the Rule 32 hearing?

10. What campaign was lead by Dorothea Dix and Reverend Louis Wright in the late nineteenth century?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were many conflicts that Stevenson and his staff experienced. What were some of the conflicts they faced? How did these conflicts cause challenges in the casework they were doing? Were most of the conflicts in the book internal or external?

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

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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