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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 the only crime Hinton had committed before he was accused of robbery and murder?
(a) Forging checks.
(b) Trespassing.
(c) Disorderly conduct.
(d) Shoplifting.

2. When did assistant attorney general Kenneth Nunnelley write and say Hinton's Rule 20 petition had to be filed or they would set an execution date?
(a) May 1, 1990.
(b) April 24, 1990.
(c) May 11, 1990.
(d) April 19, 1990.

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

4. Where was Santha Sonenberg from?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Denver.
(d) Atlanta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was Hinton directed to be incarcerated?

2. What color scrubs was Hinton given when he was booked into the Birmingham jail?

3. About how long were inmates given notice that they were to be executed?

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

5. What was the reward Reginald Payne White received for helping to frame Hinton?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Hinton refer to his trial and conviction as a lynching?

4. How was Andrew Payne, the gun expert hired for Hinton's trial discredited?

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

6. What had Hinton's mother always taught him about truth?

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

8. Why would Hinton not sign the paper the police gave him when they brought him to the station after his arrest?

9. How did appeals for death row prisoners work?

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

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