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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. When did Stevenson tell the judge at the Rule 32 hearing that the State's experts decided they could no longer match the bullets from the robberies and murders to Buhlar Hinton's gun?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1995.

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

3. Why was Walter Hill on death row?
(a) 3 murders.
(b) 10 murders.
(c) 8 murders.
(d) 2 murders.

4. When did Stevenson write and tell Hinton about the order Judge Petro issued?
(a) February 16.
(b) May 29.
(c) April 9.
(d) March 11.

5. What book did Jimmy Dill ask to borrow from Hinton?
(a) Go Tell It on the Mountain.
(b) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(c) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
(d) Go Set a Watchman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours would Buhlar Hinton have to sit in a car on the days she visited Hinton?

2. When did Hinton learn that his mother died?

3. When did Judge Laura Petro rule on whether Payne was a qualified expert?

4. If Hinton lost an appeal in the U.S. District Court, what Court of Appeals did Stevenson plan to file in after that?

5. Where was Alan Black, Hinton's second lawyer that Stevenson assigned, from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Hinton have to make a family of the men on death row?

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

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

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

5. Who was there when Hinton was released?

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

7. What type of ballistic expert did Hinton tell Stevenson he needed?

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

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

10. What did Hinton tell the other men on death row when he was taken to Jefferson County to wait for a new trial?

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