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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 did Hinton say he owned in the trips he took in his imagination?

2. How long was Hinton incarcerated before he the charges against him were dropped?

3. When did the circuit court find that Perhacs was ineffective and Hinton's Rule 32 petition was granted?

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

5. When did Hinton compile a list of men and women on death row?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hinton react when he learned his mother died?

2. Why was Baldwin sentenced to die?

3. How long did it take Judge Garrett to rule on Hinton's hearing, and what did he rule?

4. Why did Hinton sleep in a bathroom the first night he was free?

5. What did Hinton do during the six months it took Bryan to file his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court?

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

7. Who spent a night on death row, and what did Hinton think about that?

8. What did Hinton's mother always tell him, and how did that affect how he dealt with the guards and the warden?

9. What did Hinton tell the other men on death row when he was taken to Jefferson County to wait for a new trial?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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