View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam accept from the prison chaplain?
(a) Love.
(b) Books.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Support.

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

3. Where does Adam have to travel to present his argument regarding the ethics of the gas chamber?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Greenville.

4. How are things getting outside of Parchman Prison?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Tense.
(c) Rowdy.
(d) Calm.

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

6. As part of his preparation, where is Sam moved from his long-term cell?
(a) Gas chamber.
(b) Isolation room.
(c) Observation cell.
(d) Nowhere.

7. What types of people are gathering outside of Parchman Prison?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Nazis.
(c) Pro death penalty demonstrators.
(d) Klansman.

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

9. What does McAllister find out through his effort to communicate with voters?
(a) In favor of not giving Sam clemency.
(b) In favor of the death penalty.
(c) Not in favor of the death penalty.
(d) In favor of giving Sam clemency.

10. Who actually came to visit Sam shortly after Adam left?
(a) Rollie Wedge.
(b) Clovis Brazelton.
(c) Garner Goodman.
(d) Jeremiah Dogan.

11. Who is Mr. Olander?
(a) Supreme Court Secretary.
(b) Supreme Court's Death Clerk.
(c) Supreme Court Judge.
(d) Supreme Court Security Officer.

12. Who comes to visit Sam for the first time?
(a) Governor McAllister.
(b) Jeremiah Dogan.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Phelps Booth.

13. How many days is it before Lee emerges from her alcoholic binge, refreshed and sober again?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

14. Who does Adam find a note from on the counter when he arrives home?
(a) Garner Goodman.
(b) Rollie Wedge.
(c) Lee.
(d) Ku Klux Klan.

15. What courts has Adam petitioned for Sam?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) United States Supreme Court.
(c) Fifth Circuit.
(d) Mississippi Supreme Court.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the state executioner?

2. Who testifies at the mental incompetence hearing?

3. How many guards escort Sam between cells?

4. Who is the assistant superintendent at Parchman Prison?

5. What is Mr. Olander's professional opinion about Sam?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 391 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample