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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 said "the degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons"?
(a) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
(b) Leo Tolstoy.
(c) Alexander Pushkin.
(d) Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

2. What did Hinton have to drink before he told Stevenson he wanted to go to the Supreme Court?
(a) Coke.
(b) 7-Up.
(c) Sprite.
(d) Mountain Dew.

3. What Supreme Court Justice wrote that Hinton might have been executed if the Surpeme Court had not ruled for further hearings in state court?
(a) Stephen Breyer.
(b) Anthony Kennedy.
(c) Sonia Sotomayor.
(d) Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

4. When did Hinton compile a list of men and women on death row?
(a) October 2018.
(b) November 2018.
(c) September 2018.
(d) December 2018.

5. How many reasons did Santha list in the 1990 Petition for Relief to show that Hinton should be granted a new trial?
(a) 19.
(b) 23.
(c) 31.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had Buhlar Hinton's house been empty in 2013?

2. Where were Bryan Stevenson's offices in Alabama?

3. How long had Christopher been on death row before he was executed?

4. The first time that Hinton met Stevenson, how long did they talk?

5. When did Stevenson write and tell Hinton about the order Judge Petro issued?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Henry's father?

2. How did the U.S. Supreme Court rule on Hinton's petition, which was submitted in 2013?

3. Why was Baldwin sentenced to die?

4. Why did Lester think that he and Hinton used to jump in ditches when they walked home from school?

5. What information did Emanuel, Cooper, and Dillon, the ballistics experts provide?

6. What scars did Hinton have from watching so many men die?

7. How long did it take Judge Garrett to rule on Hinton's hearing, and what did he rule?

8. Why did Hinton decide to start a book club?

9. Why did Hinton sleep in a bathroom the first night he was free?

10. What did Hinton do during the six months it took Bryan to file his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court?

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