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

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

3. Who is Quince Lincoln?
(a) Attorney.
(b) Ku Klux Klan member.
(c) Eddie's childhood best friend.
(d) Father of Eddie's childhood best friend.

4. Who declines, for health reasons, to witness the death?
(a) Hez Kerry.
(b) Ruth Kramer.
(c) Donnie Cayhall.
(d) Elliot Kramer.

5. How many Eskimo pie ice cream desserts does Sam consume for his last dinner?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Bryan Glass?

2. Who does Sam enjoy a visit from shortly before his execution?

3. How long does Adam stay away from Sam when he and Lee return from their weekend trip?

4. How many days is it before Lee emerges from her alcoholic binge, refreshed and sober again?

5. Who is Mr. Olander?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Sam prepare for death after the decision from the hearing?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. What is happening outside of Parchman Prison as the execution of Sam Cayhall gets closer?

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