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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. What type of footwear did Charlie Jones, the Holman warden, wear?
(a) Brown loafer.
(b) Cowboy boots.
(c) Black dress shoes.
(d) Athletic shoes.

2. How many assistant attorneys general attended Hinton's Rule 32 hearing?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. When was Larry Heath executed?
(a) March 27, 1992.
(b) March 20, 1992.
(c) March 15, 1992.
(d) March 3, 1992.

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

5. What was the name of the Black boy Henry Hays and other white guys lynched in Mobile in 1981?
(a) William Andrews.
(b) Steven Richards.
(c) Charles Peters.
(d) Michael Donald.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which amendments of the U.S. Constitution did Santha state were denied Hinton when she presented the 1990 Petition for Relief?

3. When did Stevenson begin contacting the media about Hinton's story?

4. Who said "the degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons"?

5. What staffing agency was Hinton working for on the night of Quincy's robbery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Hinton finally exonerated?

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

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

5. How were the men on death row able to talk about books after the book club was closed down?

6. In 2002, why did the attorney general say that Hinton should be blocked from establishing his innocence?

7. Who was there when Hinton was released?

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. Why was Henry Hays on death row?

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