Just Mercy Example Test Questions

1. In the Introduction “Higher Ground” while Bryan was interning as a law student, he met with Henry, a death row inmate.  After Bryan delivers the message that Henry is not at risk of getting an execution date anytime in the next year, what do they end up discussing?

Answer: They talked about everything: how they were exactly the same age, each other’s family, the trial, law school, music, prison, what is important in life, and what is not.

2. In Chapter 1 “Mockingbird Players”, what did Judge Robert E. Lee Key say to Bryan Stevenson on their first phone conversation in an attempt to prevent him from taking Walter McMillian’s case.

Answer: He claimed that Walter McMillian was a drug dealer and might even be part of the Dixie Mafia.

3. In Chapter 1 “Mockingbird Players,” all of the following evidence supports the conclusion that Ralph Myers is not credible when he implicates Walter McMillian in the murder of Ronda Morrison EXCEPT for (please select the answer that is NOT true):

Answer: Ralph Myers had ulterior motives to wrongly implicate Walter based on their past disagreement over dating Karen Kelly.

4. In Chapter 3 “Trials and Tribulation,” what fabricated or false charge was originally used to arrest Walter McMillan?

Answer: Walter was arrested for sodomy under Alabama law that had outlawed non procreative sex (sex without the intent of becoming pregnant to have a baby).

5. In Chapter 8 “All God’s Children,” what was the super-predator theory?

Answer: A theory that there would be a surge in the number of young people participating in violent crimes.