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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. Who chooses the journalists names randomly from a bucket to be present at Sam's execution?
(a) Donnie.
(b) Dr. Swinn.
(c) Nugent.
(d) Adam.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recently flooded the lines with frequent calls?

2. Who does Sam insist leave the premises?

3. Adam decides that visiting whose family would be a good idea?

4. Who has an intense desire to leave after the reading of the death warrant?

5. What does Sam accept from the prison chaplain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Adam ask for assistance, and how does this person help Adam?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. Why does Wyn Lettner come to visit Adam at his office?

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

10. Adam meets with Mr. Olander. Who is Mr. Olander, and what is the meeting about?

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