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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. What is Mr. Olander's professional opinion about Sam?
(a) Sam should appeal again.
(b) Sam should give in and ask the governor for clemency.
(c) Sam should plead for forgiveness.
(d) Sam has run out of options.

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

3. At what time is Adam called about Lee?
(a) 2:30 AM.
(b) 4:30 AM.
(c) 3:30 AM.
(d) 5:30 AM.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. McAllister says that if they can secure Sam's alleged accomplice, he would agree to what?

2. With what is going on, who is likely to resurface in the next few weeks?

3. Who has Adam asked for assistance from as he moves forward with some ideas?

4. Who is John Bryan Glass?

5. What Circuit Court of Appeals does Adam hear word from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the other visitor that Sam has at the prison shortly after Adam leaves?

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

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

4. Why does Lee disappear for an entire day and evening?

5. 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?

6. Why does Adam believe it would be a good idea to visit Marvin Kramer's family?

7. Describe Donnie and Sam's last time together.

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

9. Where do Adam and Lee spend their weekend together, and what do they do on the weekend?

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

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