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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 many hours would Buhlar Hinton have to sit in a car on the days she visited Hinton?

2. When was Hinton's appeal denied by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and Stevenson planned to appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court?

3. How long did it take Stevenson to file Hinton's petition with the U.S. Supreme Court?

4. What did Hinton jokingly ask a guard to borrow in Chapter 13?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Hinton say the men on death row were if they were not monsters?

3. What happened to Henry's father?

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

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

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

7. Why did Hinton think the State was doing its best to keep him locked away and quiet?

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

9. In 1999, who did Stevenson have interviewed regarding Hinton's case?

10. What type of ballistic expert did Hinton tell Stevenson he needed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was Henry Hays’s sentencing and execution important to Blacks?

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

Reginald (Reggie) White lied about Hinton’s involvement in the Quincy’s robbery. What was Reggie’s motivation for lying?

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