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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. Jake Brigance advises deputies that Billy Ray Cobb could receive life plus 40 years if he is convicted on all charges, and could be paroled how soon if Tonya lives?
(a) No parole.
(b) 13 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 20 years.

2. When Jake informs Ellen of the threats received by phone, the bombing attempt, and other dangers the job may entail, what is her response?
(a) She will rely on the Sheriff's Department to protect as needed.
(b) She is not afraid and will take her chances.
(c) She changes her mind and leaves town.
(d) That she carries licensed, snub-nose protection in her purse.

3. How old is Tonya?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

4. After being threatened by Marsharfsky, Jake does what?
(a) Lights an expensive Cuban cigar, and writes a change of venue request.
(b) Lights an expensive Caribbean cigar, and writes a complaint regarding Marsharfsky.
(c) Lights a cheap cigar, and writes a change of venue request.
(d) Lights a cheap cigar, and writes a complaint regarding Marsharfsky.

5. What do the participants chant at the rally?
(a) "Amazing grace."
(b) "We will overcome."
(c) "Free Carl Lee."
(d) "We want a just trial."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ozzie get the bomb defused?

2. How is Ford County Sheriff viewed by the local citizenry?

3. When Jake Brigance confides in Sheriff Walls that Carl Lee Hailey may be planning the murder of Cobb and Willard, what do they speculate about how they might feel?

4. Following the preliminary hearing for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard, who hides in the county courthouse after closing at 4:30 p.m. on Friday?

5. What does Ozzie do after he is tipped off three minutes after midnight on July 12 that the Brigance home is to be blown up within three hours?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn in the dialogue between Carl Lee Hailey and Jake Brigance in Chapter 4?

2. Why does the name of Clyde Sisco cause some stir during Jake's jury strategy team session in Chapter 29?

3. What sort of a lawman is Sheriff Ozzie Walls?

4. In Chapter 10, what does Lucien advise Jake his best courses of action are in Carl Lee's defense?

5. What illegal methods does Ozzie employ to gain information from the suspected bomber?

6. How does K.T. "Cat" Bruster's view of truth and justice compare with Carl Lee's?

7. What are some of the efforts made in Clanton in preparation for the trial?

8. Why does John Grisham open his story with such horrific detail of the crime?

9. What sort of a lawyer is Jake Brigance?

10. Who does Billy Ray Cobb's brother, Freddie, approach in seeking revenge, and what is the result?

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