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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. How many tests were given to Hinton during his polygraph test?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

2. What year did Hinton and his family have to leave Praco?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1979.

3. Who was called during Hinton's trail by a man who claimed to be the restaurant killer?
(a) The judge.
(b) The police department.
(c) Perhacs and Lester's mother.
(d) Perhacs and McGregor.

4. In Chapter 2, when did Hinton remember a baseball game he played took place?
(a) May 1975.
(b) May 1972.
(c) May 1974.
(d) May 1973.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Hinton's mother have to come up with to pay for the polygraph test?

2. How far did Hinton and Lester had to walk home when they were in high school?

3. How long had Michael Lindsey been on death row before he was scheduled to die?

4. 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?

5. What was the only crime Hinton had committed before he was accused of robbery and murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lester and Hinton always walk home together if they missed the school bus because of sports?

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

3. Why did Hinton end his relationship with Perhacs?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Hinton believe Reginald Payne White testified against him?

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