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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 was Hinton's favorite college team?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Huntsville.
(c) Birmingham-Southern.
(d) Auburn.

2. What type of pie did Hinton always tell his mother she should bring to bribe the guards?
(a) Pecan.
(b) Raspberry.
(c) Peach.
(d) Blueberry.

3. When Hinton was arrested and taken to the police station, how many officers were waiting with David Barber, district attorney, when he was brought in?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. How far was the death chamber from Hinton's cell?
(a) Not quite 25 feet.
(b) 55 feet.
(c) About 30 feet.
(d) 40 feet.

5. When Hinton's mother and a neighbor came to visit him after his probation ended, how long after visiting time did they arrive?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 2 1/2 hours.
(c) 1 1/2 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall was the fence Hinton would have had to scale in order to leave work the night Smotherman was kidnapped and shot?

2. When was Wayne Ritter executed?

3. During the time Hinton was on death row, how often and how long could he go to the law library?

4. What was the name of the grocery clerk who said he saw Hinton follow Smotherman?

5. How long had Reginald White known Hinton?

Short Essay Questions

1. What agreement did Perhacs and McGregor make regarding Hinton's polygraph, and how did the deal change?

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

3. Why did Hinton tell his defense attorney it was not possible for him to have robbed Quincy's?

4. How did Hinton feel after his gun expert was discredited?

5. How was Hinton hurt when he worked in the mines?

6. What alibi did Hinton have for the crimes for which he was convicted?

7. What was life like when Hinton grew up in Praco?

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

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

10. How did appeals for death row prisoners work?

(see the answer keys)

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