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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. How far was the death chamber from Hinton's cell?

2. When was Hinton indicted by a grand jury?

3. How long had Reginald White known Hinton?

4. What was Hinton's favorite college team?

5. Where did Hinton grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How was Hinton hurt when he worked in the mines?

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

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

8. Why would Hinton not sign the paper the police gave him when they brought him to the station after his arrest?

9. How did appeals for death row prisoners work?

10. How did time move in prison on death row?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Books can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a book provide clarity and flow to a narrative? How does Hinton use chapter titles and subtitles in The Sun Does Shine?

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

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

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