Reading Questions for Prejean's "Would Jesus Pull the Switch?"
1. How does Sister Helen find herself on Louisiana's death row at the start of this essay? How did she get started with this?
2. What does Sister Helen mean by the term "Bible-quarterbacking"?
3. What is Sister Helen's background? What does she say about her family and childhood?
4. What does Sister Helen mean when she says "I began to understand that some life is valued and some life is not"?
5. What does Sister Helen say was her biggest mistake?
6. According to Sister Helen, what are the three wounds in our society?
7. Why does Sister Helen say the poor in our country get the death penalty?
8. According to Sister Helen, what is the real torture of death row?
9. What did Patrick Sonnier say with his final words before he was put to death?