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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The meeting between Sam and Adam becomes what?

2. Who is the one person who could stop Sam's execution?

3. What is the only thing they see of the other inmates while in their cells?

4. What is the name of the prison where Sam is at?

5. Adam meets with Sam and shares that he and Wyn Lettner believe Sam had a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Adam's trip to visit his grandfather received back at Kravitz and Bane?

2. How does Adam handle the press?

3. When the bomb detonates, what happens to Sam?

4. Why is Adam Hall eager to represent Sam Cayhall?

5. Describe Adam's first viewing of the prison where his grandfather is.

6. What is Adam wanting to see Sam for?

7. Who is the only person who can truly stop Sam's execution, where is he located, and how can he stop the execution?

8. How is Sam 'seen' on death row by the other inmates?

9. What happens at the visit Adam has with Sam when Adam brings up the name Wyn Lettner on the Monday after filing the petition in court?

10. What type of home life did Adam have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the most influential groups of the time was the Ku Klux Klan. Who was a member of this organization? What are the views and beliefs of this organization that are challenged by this novel? What are some ways that this organization demonstrated to the public within the novel? Are these demonstrations good or bad? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

One of the themes of this novel is courage. Pick one character and write about how this character shows courage in the novel. Give three examples from the novel that demonstrate this courage.

Essay Topic 3

Rollie Wedge, one of the Ku Klux Klan members associated with Sam and the Kramer office bombing, goes into hiding after the bombing and reemerges twice during the novel. Explain the two reappearances of Rollie Wedge in the novel. In your answer, be sure to include information such as where, when, to who, how, and why.

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