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HBO Documentary Adnan Syed Episodes 2 and 3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to the HBO Documentary, what happens in 2016 after the podcast Serial becomes popular and new evidence was uncovered?

a)

Adnan's case gets thrown out

b)

The president pardoned him

c)

Adnan has an opportunity to be

re-tried

d)

Adnan was only 17 they discovered, so he could not be tried as an adult.

2.

Why did Adnan's first attorney say he was turned away after Adnan was first arrested and placed in jail?

a)

he was told Adnan did not ask for him by name

b)

he was told Adnan refused an attorney

c)

he was told Adnan could not have an attorney

d)

he was told Adnan did not need an attorney

3.

Who tells the investigators where to find Hae's car?

a)

Mr. S

b)

Jay

c)

Adnan

d)

Jen

4.

Was the DNA and Fingerprint evidence collected and analyzed before Adnan's trial?

a)

Yes

b)

No

5.

Did they do any investigative testing of the trunk of Hae's car where she was reportedly transported before being buried?

a)

No

b)

Yes

6.

According to records, there was a red fiber found on Hae's body. What did testing reveal matched the fiber?

a)

Adnan's gloves

b)

Jay's shirt

c)

Adnan's DNA

d)

It matched nothing

7.

Another witness, Chris, says Jay told him this is where Adnan first showed him Hae's body.

a)

In front of his house

b)

Pool Hall

c)

Best Buy

d)

At Jenn's House

8.

There was a fingerprint found on Hae's car mirror. To whom did it belong?

a)

Jay

b)

Don

c)

Adnan

d)

None of these

9.

The DA said that Asia recanted her story. HBO investigated this claim and what did Asia say?

"Recanted" means to formally withdraw or take back a statement, belief, or testimony that someone previously made.

a)

She never said those things.

b)

She was scared at the time and is sorry.

c)

She did say that but now knows that was the wrong move.

d)

She feared Adnan's family and that is the only reason she wrote the letters in the first place.

10.

Besides Jay's testimony, what was the other piece of evidence that was used to convict Adnan?

a)

Jenn's testimony

b)

DNA evidence

c)

cell tower records

d)

Adnan's admission of guilt when he was first arrested.

11.

The AT&T cover page that was "left out" of the case notes indicated

a)

Incoming calls are not reliable for location

b)

Outgoing calls are not reliable for location

c)

ALL calls are not reliable for location

d)

ALL calls are reliable for location status

12.

Every call that made Adnan seem guilty was a(n)

a)

incoming call

b)

outgoing call

c)

incoming and outgoing calls

d)

the entire call log

13.

This was Adnan's prison sentence:

a)

life

b)

30 years

c)

2 life sentences

d)

life + 30

14.

Who refused to talk to the HBO and Serial Team?

a)

Jenn

b)

Jay

c)

Adnan

d)

Krista

15.

Jay's jail sentence was

a)

1 month + 1 year probation

b)

zip/nadda

c)

6 months in jail only

d)

a felony charge on his record only