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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the weekend trip with Lee, what is it hard for Adam to find towards Sam?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Joy.
(d) Empathy.

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

3. Who testifies at the mental incompetence hearing?
(a) Colonel Nugent.
(b) Doctor Swinn.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Prison psychiatrist.

4. What state is Carmen from?
(a) Utah.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

5. Who recently flooded the lines with frequent calls?
(a) Nazis.
(b) Glass' law students.
(c) Klansen.
(d) Pro death penalty supporters.

Short Answer Questions

1. As part of his preparation, where is Sam moved from his long-term cell?

2. What is Adam's news for Lee when they finally see each other?

3. This news of resurfacing of someone (or others) means what for Adam?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the preparations for Sam for the last two days prior to his execution.

2. Explain Sam and his relationships with family members as his execution draws closer.

3. What was the purpose of Adam's trip to New Orleans?

4. Both Lee and Adam have news for each other. What is the news they share with each other?

5. Explain the mental incompetence hearing for Sam in Jackson, and the decision.

6. How does Governor McAllister agree to clemency for Sam?

7. Who is Carmen and what does she see as she visits Sam for the first time?

8. Explain how law students are helping to execute Adam's plan set up by Garner Goodman.

9. Where and how does Adam react, or want to react, when he sees Lee?

10. Lee shares childhood memories with Adam. Lee shares the story of her brother, Eddie, and her grandfather, Sam, with Joe and Qunice Lincoln. Who are these people and how do they play such a vivid memory in Lee's past?

(see the answer keys)

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