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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. In Chapter 7, about how long had it been since Hinton broke up with Sylvia?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) About a year.

2. How tall was Hinton when he was arrested?
(a) 6 feet 2 inches.
(b) 6 feet.
(c) 5 feet 10 1/2 inches.
(d) 5 feet 11 inches.

3. How much money did Hinton's mother send every time she wrote Perhacs?
(a) $10.
(b) $5.
(c) $25.
(d) $30.

4. What size was the cell where Hinton spent his time?
(a) 5 feet by 7 feet.
(b) 4 feet by 6 feet.
(c) 6 feet by 8 feet.
(d) 3 feet by 5 feet.

5. How much money did an expert want to be paid to testify about the gun taken from Hinton's home?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was a man crying in Chapter 11?

2. From where were Hinton and the other Black kids bussed when the county integrated the schools when he was in high school?

3. How old were Hinton and Lester when they became friends?

4. How long did Hinton drive a car he stole?

5. How long did Hinton have to wait for his sentencing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did time move in prison on death row?

2. Why did Hinton believe Reginald Payne White testified against him?

3. Why was it not possible for the bullets from the Quincy's robbery and the murders to match Hinton's mother's gun?

4. Were robberies and murders still being comitted by the Cooler Killer after Hinton was convicted and incarcerated?

5. What was Hinton doing when he was arrested?

6. What was judicial override, and why did it often happen?

7. Who was Hinton's court-appointed lawyer, and how did he seem to feel about being assigned to defend Hinton?

8. When Hinton was sentenced to death, how was he given the only opportunity he had to prove his innocence?

9. How did appeals for death row prisoners work?

10. How did Hinton learn about the results of his polygraph examination, and what were the results?

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