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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lawyer becomes Schlictmann's assistant?

2. Who is the Grace Chemical employee who admits using TCE and dumping it at the back of the plant?

3. Who sends the Woburn case to Jerome Facher?

4. What is Jan Schlictmann's first job after college?

5. What is the amount of the counter-offer that Schlictmann makes to Beatrice Foods settlement offer the week before trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Facher not want the families to testify?

3. Why does Judge Skinner decide to become more involved with jury selection than is normally the case, and how is he more involved?

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

5. What does the three year Harvard School of Public Health Study of Woburn conclude?

6. When Dr. John Truman is convinced that the number of incidents of leukemia constitute a cluster, what does he do?

7. What is Neil Jacobs' conclusion after interviewing John Riley?

8. Do all three partners in Schlictmann's firm want to take on the Woburn case?

9. What does Schlictmann do with the money he won in the Casey case?

10. What are the results of medical tests of the Woburn family members of children who have leukemia or had died from leukemia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Judge Skinner divides the trial into three phases. Describe the three phases. One of the reasons given for this as that it gives the jurors a better understanding of the case. Do you think this is true? From the plaintiff's point of view, do you think this is fair? Do you think this has an effect on the verdict? Be specific in your answers, but discuss them thoroughly.

Essay Topic 2

Schlictmann beleives that Judge Skinner is biased against him. Using examples from the book, discuss your opinion. Include the judge's rulings, the jurors reactions, etc.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the lawsuit involved in the book. Be sure to include a description of the claim, the plaintiffs, the defendants, etc.

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