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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-24 and Afterward.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Supreme Court Justice wrote that Hinton might have been executed if the Surpeme Court had not ruled for further hearings in state court?
(a) Sonia Sotomayor.
(b) Anthony Kennedy.
(c) Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
(d) Stephen Breyer.

2. How many guards were on the Death Squad?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

3. What year did Hinton and his family have to leave Praco?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1976.

4. What was the date of the first letter that Stevenson sent Hinton?
(a) October 11, 1998.
(b) December 16, 1996.
(c) September 19, 1998.
(d) November 1, 1998.

5. What type of footwear did Charlie Jones, the Holman warden, wear?
(a) Black dress shoes.
(b) Cowboy boots.
(c) Athletic shoes.
(d) Brown loafer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take the jury at Hinton's trial to find him guilty?

2. What did Hinton jokingly ask a guard to borrow in Chapter 13?

3. When was Hinton's appeal denied by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and Stevenson planned to appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court?

4. What verse did Hinton quote to Lester after the Rule 32 hearing during a visit in August?

5. What did Hinton have to drink before he told Stevenson he wanted to go to the Supreme Court?

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