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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, how long did Hinton spend listening to a man who was crying?

2. What was the date when the polygraph report was sent to Hinton's attorney?

3. Who started Project Hope on Death Row?

4. What year did Hinton and his family have to leave Praco?

5. When Hinton's mother and a neighbor came to visit him after his probation ended, how long after visiting time did they arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Hinton doing when he was arrested?

2. What caused Hinton to change his mind about not talking or interacting while he was on death row?

3. Why did Hinton grow up without his father at home?

4. Were robberies and murders still being comitted by the Cooler Killer after Hinton was convicted and incarcerated?

5. Who was Hinton's court-appointed lawyer, and how did he seem to feel about being assigned to defend Hinton?

6. How did Hinton feel after his gun expert was discredited?

7. How did Hinton steal a car?

8. What issues did Perhac raise when he filed Hinton's appeal?

9. What was judicial override, and why did it often happen?

10. What alibi did Hinton have for the crimes for which he was convicted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hinton's mother always told him that "you get more flies with honey than with vinegar" (178). What did she mean by that statement? How did that teaching affect how Hinton treated guards and others in prison?

Essay Topic 2

Hinton had many adjustments to make after he was released from prison. What adjustments did he have to make, and why did he struggle at times to adjust to freedom?

Essay Topic 3

Hinton worked in a coal mine for five years. What were the effects of coal mining on workers, like Hinton, and the communities where he and other coal miners lived?

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