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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 things do Adam and Lee discuss on their weekend?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Where to bury Sam.
(c) Lee's childhood.
(d) Memories of Adam's father, Eddie.

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

3. With what is going on, who is likely to resurface in the next few weeks?
(a) Sam's accomplice.
(b) Ku Klux Klan.
(c) Sam's family.
(d) Kramer's family.

4. Who is the new prison chaplain?
(a) Phelps Booth.
(b) Ralph Griffin.
(c) George Nugent.
(d) Philip Naifeh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the assistant superintendent at Parchman Prison?

2. How many journalists does the law allow to be present at the execution?

3. How are things getting outside of Parchman Prison?

4. What does Sam accept from the prison chaplain?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. What happens to the prison warden, and how does it affect Sam's execution?

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

9. How is Sam's last day a busy one?

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

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