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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. After his release, how often would Hinton go to Montgomery and work with Bryan and his staff at the Equal Justic Initiative?
(a) 5 days a month.
(b) A couple days a month.
(c) A few days a week.
(d) 2 days a week.

2. How long was Hinton's first book club meeting?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 1 1/2 hours.
(c) An hour.
(d) 2 hours.

3. What staffing agency was Hinton working for on the night of Quincy's robbery?
(a) Labor Finders.
(b) Adecco Staffing.
(c) Manpower.
(d) Alabama Staffing Services.

4. How long had Christopher been on death row before he was executed?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 17 years.

5. When did Stevenson file the writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court?
(a) August 2013.
(b) November 2013.
(c) September 2013.
(d) October 2013.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Hinton's appeal denied by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and Stevenson planned to appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court?

2. Why was Walter Hill on death row?

3. In 2013, how long had Hinton been on death row?

4. Where had Jimmy Dill been going to school when he was convicted of robbing a killing a man for cocaine and a couple hundred dollars?

5. When did Hinton learn that his mother died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In 1999, who did Stevenson have interviewed regarding Hinton's case?

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

4. What was strange about Judge Petro's ruling in 2009?

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

6. What did Hinton say the men on death row were if they were not monsters?

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

8. In 2013, what did Hinton tell Stevenson to do and why?

9. Why did Hinton think the State was doing its best to keep him locked away and quiet?

10. How was Hinton finally exonerated?

(see the answer keys)

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