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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. When was Horace Dunkins executed?

2. When was Hinton born?

3. How much money did an expert want to be paid to testify about the gun taken from Hinton's home?

4. What was Hinton's prison inmate number?

5. When was Hinton's trial scheduled?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Andrew Payne, the gun expert hired for Hinton's trial discredited?

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

5. Who became Hinton's new lawyer and how?

6. What had Hinton's mother always taught him about truth?

7. How did Hinton steal a car?

8. Why was it not possible for the bullets from the Quincy's robbery and the murders to match Hinton's mother's gun?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For the first three years in prison, Hinton wallowed in hatred, despair, and anger. What epiphany did he have, and how did it change his attitude?

Essay Topic 2

Hinton did not have money to pay for an attorney to defend him. So the court appointed a lawyer to handle his case. How did having a court-appointed lawyer affect the outcome of Hinton’s trial?

Essay Topic 3

The first few weeks after Hinton was released, he chose to forgive. He decided to watch for any signs of anger or hate in his heart. Who did Hinton forgive and why?

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