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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Adam stay away from Sam when he and Lee return from their weekend trip?
(a) Six days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Eight days.
(d) One week.

2. Who does Sam insist leave the premises?
(a) Protesters.
(b) Nazis.
(c) Reporters.
(d) Klansman.

3. What is Adam's news for Lee when they finally see each other?
(a) He is resigning from Kravitz and Bane.
(b) He is going to practice death penalty litigation.
(c) He is going to work for Hez Kerry at Kerry's organization.
(d) All answers are correct.

4. McAllister says that if they can secure Sam's alleged accomplice, he would agree to what?
(a) Clemency.
(b) An appeal.
(c) Release.
(d) Parole.

5. Who is pleased to make an appearance to witness the execution?
(a) Ruth Kramer.
(b) Governor McAllister.
(c) Hez Kerry.
(d) Steve Roxburgh.

6. How many journalists does the law allow to be present at the execution?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Nine.

7. Who does Sam think came to visit him shortly after Adam left Sam?
(a) Adam.
(b) Lee.
(c) Donnie.
(d) Rollie.

8. What was the first court to systematically deny the petition to halt Sam's execution?
(a) United States Supreme Court.
(b) Mississippi Supreme Court.
(c) Fifth Court.
(d) Federal district court.

9. Who is John Bryan Glass?
(a) Attorney general.
(b) Prison warden.
(c) Prison guard.
(d) Local law professor.

10. After how many days does Garner Goodman call an end to the marker analysis project?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

11. Where is Adam needed, causing the meeting that he has to be cut short?
(a) Biloxi.
(b) Greenville.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Tunica.

12. What things do Adam and Lee discuss on their weekend?
(a) Memories of Adam's father, Eddie.
(b) Lee's childhood.
(c) Where to bury Sam.
(d) All answers are correct.

13. Who has Adam NOT been interested in meeting, but is forced to do so?
(a) Bill Monday.
(b) Donnie.
(c) Jeremiah Dogan.
(d) Carmen.

14. Who has an intense desire to leave after the reading of the death warrant?
(a) Adam.
(b) Donnie.
(c) Governor McAllister.
(d) Sam.

15. Why is the place where Lee and Adam spent a weekend together at the beginning of Chapters 26-29 important to Lee?
(a) Hometown.
(b) Family memories.
(c) Vacation memories.
(d) Where Lee went to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chooses the journalists names randomly from a bucket to be present at Sam's execution?

2. What place does Lee show Adam when they are on their weekend together?

3. Who is the prison warden?

4. How many guards escort Sam between cells?

5. What types of people are gathering outside of Parchman Prison?

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