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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. Who keeps saying "Amen" when Hinton testifies?
(a) Lester.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) His sister.
(d) Hinton's mother.

2. When Hinton's appeals ran out, who did he ask to tell his mother his last words?
(a) Darlene.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Lester.
(d) Willie.

3. What dignity did Hinton imagine visiting in Chapter 12?
(a) Governor of Alabama.
(b) President of the United States.
(c) Queen of England.
(d) One of the Alabama state senators.

4. After an 18-year hiatus, when did Alabama again begin electrocuting people?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1981.

5. How many stitches did Hinton have to have when a rock fell and sliced through his face?
(a) 22.
(b) 5.
(c) 17.
(d) 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Perhacs' motion for a new trial was denied, how many days were allowed to file a notice of appeal?

2. How many court cases did Andrew Payne say he had testified in that involved firearms identification?

3. How many tests were given to Hinton during his polygraph test?

4. When was Horace Dunkins executed?

5. What was the name of Lester's mom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What charge was Hinton found guilty of, and what was his sentence?

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

7. When Hinton learned that his appeals had been denied, what instructions did he give Lester?

8. Who became Hinton's new lawyer and how?

9. How did appeals for death row prisoners work?

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

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