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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 long had Christopher been on death row before he was executed?

2. When did Hinton learn that his mother died?

3. What day of the week were prisoners executed in Alabama?

4. When was Hinton's Rule 32 hearing scheduled for and then postponed?

5. How many volts of electricity were used for the electric chair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Baldwin sentenced to die?

2. Why did Lester think that he and Hinton used to jump in ditches when they walked home from school?

3. How did the prisoners on death row try to comfort Henry when his father died?

4. How did Hinton get Bryan Stevenson as his attorney?

5. What scars did Hinton have from watching so many men die?

6. How did the U.S. Supreme Court rule on Hinton's petition, which was submitted in 2013?

7. What were the qualifications of the ballistics experts Stevenson hired for Hinton?

8. How was Hinton finally exonerated?

9. Why did Hinton have to make a family of the men on death row?

10. What information did Emanuel, Cooper, and Dillon, the ballistics experts provide?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe people in a narrative and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe individuals, places, and things. How did Hinton use imagery to help readers imagine the world where individuals lived in The Sun Does Shine?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Hinton asked to be given a polygraph test. Why was his polygraph test not submitted as evidence during his trial?

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