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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. When Lucien gets the opportunity to discuss Sisco's offer with Jake, what does he state the cost will be?
2. As the riot erupts, what is each Klansman armed with?
3. What does Jake not tell Carla about in his hour long phone conversation with her Sunday, the evening of the day he returns from Memphis with Harry Rex?
4. Buckley's opening statement runs an hour and a half, and Jake's opening is how long?
5. While Jake and Ellen are working on various issues of the case, whom do they invite to join them on the balcony of the law office?
Short Essay Questions
1. Beyond the cost of a human life and loss for loved ones and associates, what are some of the significant ramifications of Tim Nunley's death?
2. What does the reader learn was key to the jury being swayed to finding an innocent by reason of insanity verdict?
3. Why is Lucien able to draw thousands of black residents from northern Mississippi to Clanton to demonstrate on behalf of Carl Lee?
4. How are the twelve jurors and two alternates sequestered?
5. Why do the jurors feel more incarcerated than safe?
6. On the second day of the trial, what happens to Gerald Ault, Jake's "ace-in-the-hole"?
7. How do Harry Rex's pickup and Jake's Saab reflect more than a matter of taste, but of personality?
8. In Chapter 37, how does the consumption or abuse of alcohol come into play?
9. What happens when Ellen first arrives at Jake's office on the Sunday the National Guard arrives?
10. What does Jake when the National Guard arrive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The theme of legal scales balancing between right and wrong prevails with Barry Acker. What role does he play? What transpires while at the Temple Inn? As the jury continues in attempting to determine a verdict, what happens to Acker in his effort to achieve a decision? What safety precautions does he take? Elaborate in establishing these and other points in this theme.
Essay Topic 2
It has been said that "A Time to Kill" is a novel and not a history. It shows that all men and women are not treated equally in the legal system. What specifically in John Grisham's novel causes you to examine the ethics of our society?
Essay Topic 3
John Grisham is familiar with various firearms types and their uses, just as he is knowledgeable with the differences in styles and purposes of a Saab and a Ford Bronco. Weapons from several categories are referred to at various points in his tale. Identify the styles of weapons found in his novel and their functions. Examine Grisham's intention in selecting the firearms at key points within the text.
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