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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. What was the name of Hinton's coach in high school?

2. In what city was Hinton directed to be incarcerated?

3. How much did Hinton's mother have to come up with to pay for the polygraph test?

4. What was the name of the grocery clerk who said he saw Hinton follow Smotherman?

5. How long did Hinton drive a car he stole?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hinton learn that Lester was getting married, and why did he think that Lester did not tell him about his upcoming marriage?

2. Why did Hinton tell his defense attorney it was not possible for him to have robbed Quincy's?

3. When Hinton was sentenced to death, how was he given the only opportunity he had to prove his innocence?

4. How did appeals for death row prisoners work?

5. Why did Hinton refer to his trial and conviction as a lynching?

6. Why did Lester and Hinton always walk home together if they missed the school bus because of sports?

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

8. How did Hinton learn about the results of his polygraph examination, and what were the results?

9. Why did Hinton end his relationship with Perhacs?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Hinton believe he and the other men on death row needed to be a family?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Growing up Black, Hinton saw how the lives of whites and Blacks were different. What racism did Hinton experience, and how did racism affect his life?

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