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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the morning of the day he first meets Ellen, what is it Jake recalls Carla could tell during their phone conversation the night before?
(a) That he was tired and had not gotten enough sleep.
(b) That he had jut awoken from a deep sleep.
(c) That he was drunk.
(d) That he was still in his office and eating takeout food.

2. Some of the patrons in the Coffee Shop speculate what about a reporter from the Channel 4 News?
(a) The makeup she is wearing.
(b) Where she received her training.
(c) The source of her information.
(d) If she will report anything positive about Clanton.

3. Where is Carl Lee seated during the change of venue hearing?
(a) Still being examined by doctors.
(b) Next to Jake, by his own choice.
(c) Carl Lee chose to stay in jail.
(d) Next to Jake, as required by court procedures.

4. When Jake has Ellen focus on Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver, the state's mental expert, he asks her to center on cases where acquittals resulted because he suspects what?
(a) He has never declared a black person "insane."
(b) He is reluctant to declare anyone "insane."
(c) He has some shady connections.
(d) He has always been siding with the state.

5. Why is Carl Lee aghast when the jury is finally seated?
(a) It is all-white, 12 women and no men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(b) It is all-white, 10 women and 2 men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(c) It is all-white, 11 women and 1 man, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(d) It is all-white, 9 women and 3 men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the other prisoners feel about Carl Lee taking meals with the sheriff?

2. While the trio is at lunch on the day of opening statements, and Jake is in the restroom, Ellen describes Jake as the best she has seen, but qualifies that view how?

3. Ellen has done a masterful job of the M'Naghten brief, summarizing what into seventy-five pages directly applicable to the Hailey trial?

4. How long does the preliminary hearing for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard last?

5. Jake knows Judge Noose will feel how about the National Guard being called in?

(see the answer key)

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