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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ellen sleep after the jury strategy session is over and Jake is followed home by Deputy Nesbit?
(a) In the Clanton Inn.
(b) On the office couch.
(c) In a motor lodge.
(d) With a friend of Jake and Carla.

2. What is the reaction to the press conference?
(a) It is a short clip on the 10:00 p.m. broadcast, and a short column with no photo in the back pages.
(b) Primarily on TV news, and little in the newspapers.
(c) Nothing local, only in Jackson, Memphis, Atlanta and elsewhere.
(d) It is a TV news hit, and the Hailey family photo appears on the front page.

3. A convoy of how many buses carrying elderly blacks converge at the courthouse where Reverend Agee is holding a rally?
(a) 31.
(b) 42.
(c) 27.
(d) 22.

4. Who is Jake's favorite waitress at the Coffee Shop?
(a) Darlene.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Dell.
(d) Susie Lynn.

5. What happens to Ellen on her way to Oxford on the evening of the shooting?
(a) She is pulled over by a vehicle with flashing blue lights.
(b) She has a motor vehicle accident.
(c) She is intentionally run off the road by a sedan.
(d) She is intentionally run off the road by a pickup truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the participants chant at the rally?

2. Why does the name of Clyde Sisco cause some stir during the meeting of Jake's jury strategy team?

3. Why does Jake decide to stay out of the Coffee Shop?

4. During the meeting of Jake's jury strategy team, what do the black citizens do?

5. Who aids Ellen following her plight?

(see the answer key)

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