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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 course did Hinton remember taking in high school that he enjoyed?
(a) History.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Business law.
(d) Calculus.

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

3. What was Hinton's prison inmate number?
(a) X519.
(b) Z468.
(c) Y728.
(d) W843.

4. How long did Hinton drive a car he stole?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 years.
(d) 2 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did girls start noticing Hinton?

2. Who started Project Hope on Death Row?

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

4. In Chapter 7, about how long had it been since Hinton broke up with Sylvia?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Hinton end his relationship with Perhacs?

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

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

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

6. What caused Hinton to change his mind about not talking or interacting while he was on death row?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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