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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. In Chapter 15, how many books in addition to the Bible were prisoners allowed to have on death row?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. What was Henry Hays's father's name?
(a) Mike.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Chuck.
(d) Bennie.

3. Since the day Stevenson had written that he hoped Hinton would spend his last Thanksgiving on the row, how many men had Hinton seen executed?
(a) 18.
(b) 37.
(c) 22.
(d) 5.

4. In Hinton's imagination, how many times had he won Wimbledon?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

5. In how many cases had the ballistic experts testified that Stevenson hired for Hinton's Rule 32 hearing?
(a) 1,750.
(b) 2,450.
(c) Over 2,000.
(d) About 3,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what prison were four guards from who trashed Hinton's cell and belongings in Chapter 16?

2. How long was Hinton's first book club meeting?

3. How many of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices ruled in Ray's favor?

4. At the time when Judge Petro handed down a decision on whether Payne was competent, when was Jimmy Dill scheduled to be executed?

5. When Hinton divorced Sandra Bullock during one of his imaginative journeys, who did he marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first session of Hinton's book club like?

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

3. What did Hinton's mother always tell him, and how did that affect how he dealt with the guards and the warden?

4. What happened to Henry's father?

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

6. How did the prisoners on death row try to comfort Henry when his father died?

7. How was Hinton finally exonerated?

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

9. Why was Henry Hays on death row?

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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