Except For That One Thing - The Update Part 2

1. Mike's family hired a lawyer who filed a brief arguing that when the state forgot about Mike for 13 years, they violated his constitutional right to _____.

• due process and a slow punishment
• to be tortured
• practice his religion
• due process and a speedy punishment

1a. From question #1, the constitutional right for due process that was perhaps violated was Amendment number ____

• 7
• 4
• 5
• 1

2. Mike wishes he could reach out to the man he robbed to say how sorry he is about it.

• True
• False

3.Jessica said that right after her article published, the victim found her. His name is _____.

• Jerry
• Dennis
• Luke
• Fred

4. How did the Burger King manager who'd been robbed such a long time ago, find out about the story?

5. The manager met with Jessica and told her that getting robbed at gunpoint left him deeply paranoid. What does paranoid mean and how did paranoia affect him?

6. The manager quit Burger King.

• True
• False

7. When Dennis first found out that Mike never served his sentence, he got pretty angry. Explain why?

8. A little later, what reasons did Dennis give for thinking "You've got to give the guy (Mike) a little bit of slack."

9. Which one of Dennis' family members does the story refer to? "She said that she didn't think it was right, what they're doing to him now."

• Mom
• Wife
• Daughter
• Sister