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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. Where was death row for women in Alabama?

2. What staffing agency was Hinton working for on the night of Quincy's robbery?

3. How old was Hinton the year of his Rule 32 hearing?

4. When did Stevenson tell the judge at the Rule 32 hearing that the State's experts decided they could no longer match the bullets from the robberies and murders to Buhlar Hinton's gun?

5. What did Hinton learn to fly when he used his imagination to escape Holman?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Hinton finally exonerated?

3. What was the first session of Hinton's book club like?

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

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

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

7. Why did Hinton decide to start a book club?

8. What was strange about Judge Petro's ruling in 2009?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Hinton believe he and the other men on death row needed to be a family?

Essay Topic 2

Hinton was presumed to be guilty of the murders and robbery. Why was he not presumed to be innocent before and during the trial?

Essay Topic 3

What type of relationship did Hinton have with his mother, and how did it affect the type of person he became?

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