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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 what city was Hinton directed to be incarcerated?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Montgomery.

2. How tall was the man who kept committing the Birmingham restaurant robberies?
(a) 6 feet 2.
(b) 5 feet 9.
(c) 5 feet 6.
(d) 5 feet 11.

3. Where did Hinton grow up?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Louisiana.

4. When was Hinton sentenced?
(a) December 20, 1986.
(b) December 1, 1986.
(c) December 30, 1986.
(d) December 15, 1986.

5. How many men was Hinton accused of shooting in the head?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the woman who helped Santha make phone calls to Hinton's mother and friends?

2. How much time did Hinton have with Lester and his mom when they visited weekly?

3. When was Horace Dunkins executed?

4. Who keeps saying "Amen" when Hinton testifies?

5. When was Hinton born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Hinton grow up without his father at home?

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

5. How did appeals for death row prisoners work?

6. How did Hinton steal a car?

7. What issues did Perhac raise when he filed Hinton's appeal?

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

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

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

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