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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Skinner's reputation as a judge?
(a) Fair but tough.
(b) Biased.
(c) Hard to deal with.
(d) Tough.

2. Where does Schlichtmann first set up his own practice?
(a) Woburn, MA.
(b) Newburyport, MA.
(c) Boston, MA.
(d) Northampton, MA.

3. When do Charles and Anne Anderson move to Woburn?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1969.

4. What is barratry?
(a) The trying of a case without a jury.
(b) The bringing of frivolous lawsuits.
(c) The solicitation of groundless lawsuits.
(d) The bribing of judges.

5. How far away from Boston is Woburn located?
(a) 100 miles.
(b) 12 miles.
(c) 152 miles.
(d) 55 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said: "Being in trial . . . is like being submerged in deep water for weeks at a time. The world above becomes a faint echo."

2. What law professor tells his class: "Some cases a lwayer can't lose. Some, maybe, he can't win. You play the hand you're dealt."

3. How is Judge Skinner selected for this trial?

4. What chemical does the state environmental department find in the water of Wells G and H?

5. What lawyer becomes Schlictmann's assistant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the plaintiffs include a portion of the proposed settlement to be for a foundation for leukemia research?

2. Why does John J. Riley sell the tannery to Beatrice Foods?

3. Briefly describe how Judge Skinner plans to divide the trial into phases.

4. Briefly describe what the "Woodshed Conference" is.

5. What is Charles Nesson's initial reaction to the Woburn case?

6. When Anne Anderson begins her own investigation into the leukemia cluster, what is her initial step?

7. Explain in a few sentences the nature of the complaint in the Woburn case.

8. What information does Schlictmann learn from the deposition that put Grace in a bad light?

9. Why does Cheeseman implead Unifirst into the case as a third defendant?

10. What other illnesses, in addition to leukemia, do families in East Woburn report in significant numbers?

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