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Question #1
What is Gates recalling? What is the main story line?
A.   A memory from childhood
B.   A civil rights protest
C.   A story he read in The Village Voice
Question #2
Gates included a quote from Trey Ellis before his story. Why?
A.   Because that is what triggered his memory
B.   To compare different types of racial slurs
C.   To inform people about racial slurs for African Americans
Question #3
Gates believes that using names is important to show respect.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
The Gates family was very well respected by whites in Piedmont.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
How did the visit with Henry affect Bryan Stevenson?
A.   Mr. Stevenson realized that he wasn't prepared to handle visiting death row.
B.   Mr. Stevenson was extremely concerned about Henry's safety.
C.   Mr. Stevenson became more committed to becoming a lawyer and working with death row inmates.
Question #6
What did Bryan Stevenson do while an intern that first time at the SPDC? (Choose ALL that are correct.),,
A.   Visit a prisoner
B.   Research legal issues for other staff members
C.   Clerical work
D.   Answer phones
Question #7
The Bryan Stevenson says that he was feeling adrift and didn't really relate well to the courses and many of the students. What changed and brought his path into clearer focus for him?
A.   He signed up for a one-month intensive course that required him to do social justice work with an organization.
B.   He spend the summer working with a juvenile justice project in Philadelphia.
C.   He got an interview with a law firm that flew him to NY.
Question #8
In the introduction to Just Mercy, what was the growing crisis that brought former criminal defense lawyers from Washington D.C. to Georgia?
A.   There were too many people on death row.
B.   Lawyers didn't work well together.
C.   Death row prisoners couldn't get lawyers.
Question #9
In the introduction to Just Mercy, we learned that there have always been places of education open to black Americans.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #10
What time frame did Mr. Stevenson state was the beginning of a transformation in American's criminal justice system?
A.   Early 1990s
B.   Early 1980s
C.   Mid 1970s
D.   1965

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