Just Mercy Review

What did Bryan Stevenson study in college?

• Computer Science

• Anthropology

• Engineering

• Philosophy

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Where did Stevenson go to law school?

• Berkeley

• Harvard

• Yale

• Stanford

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Where did Stevenson grow up?

• Alabama

• Delaware

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

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At the time Stevenson wrote the book, how much money was being spent on jails and prisons by state and federal governments?

• 80 Billion

• 8.4 Billion

• 6.9 Million

• $600,000

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In Ralph Myers's testimony, where did he say McMillian made him drive?

• Walmart

• Grocery Store

• The Gas Station

• Jackson Cleaners

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Who was the jailhouse snitch that claimed to see the truck the day of the murder at the cleaners?

• Clay Kast

• Woodrow Ikner

• Tom Chapman

• Bill Hooks

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How long after the murder was McMillian's truck converted into a low rider?

• 18 months

• 6 months

• 1 year

• never

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When Mrs. Williams saw the dog in the courtroom in Chapter 9, what traumatic event did she remember?

• The March on Washington

• Bloody Sunday at the Edmund Pettus Bridge

• Attica Prison Riot

• The Civil Rights Act

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In Chapter 7, Karen Kelly reveals two important factors about Walter McMillian. What are they?

• Karen and

  Walter were planning to elope and Ralph was jealous.

• Walter knew Vickie Pittman and Ralph but did not murder Ronda Morrison.

• Walter had been framed and he did not know Ralph Myers before the Morrison murder.

• Walter was a fool, he lied to police and thought he could get away with it.

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When Stevenson visits Karen Kelly at the Tutwiler Prison, she is serving a ten-year sentence for what crime?

• The murder of Vickie Pittman

• The murder of Ronda Morrison

• Accomplice to robbery and assault at the Jackson Cleaners

• She is being held without a trial, similar to Walter McMillian

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