Just Mercy

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Henry is the first prisoner on death row Stevenson meets, as part of an internship while in his senior year at Harvard Law School. How did Stevenson react to this meeting?

A) Henry caused Stevenson to weep, realizing the injustice of the entire American legal system.

B) Henry altered Stevenson’s understanding of human potential, redemption, and hopefulness.

C) Stevenson laughed uncontrollably—not because anything was funny, but at the absurdity of it all.

D) Stevenson felt guilty that he was a free man, with his whole life ahead of him, whereas Henry’s was just about to end.

2. Why did Stevenson’s client Walter begin an affair with a local married white woman (Karen Kelly)?

A) He was unhappy in his marriage.

B) Karen seduced him.

C) He was bored with his life.

D) Karen threatened to ruin his reputation if he didn’t.

3. When Stevenson is wrongfully interrogated by the police in Chapter 2, what song is he listening to on the car radio?

A) “What’s Going On?” by Marvin Gaye

B) “Stop in the Name of Love” by Diana Ross and the Supremes

C) “Stand!” by Sly and the Family Stone

D) “American Pie” by Don McLean

4. What lie told by Bill Hooks, a jailhouse snitch, plays a role in the conviction of Walter McMillian?