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A Time to Kill | Quiz

John Grisham
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A Time to Kill | Quiz

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1)

Where is Carl Lee seated during the change of venue hearing? (from Chapter 21 | Chapter 22)

Carl Lee chose to stay in jail.
Still being examined by doctors.
Next to Jake, as required by court procedures.
Next to Jake, by his own choice.
2)

Looking out a window at the black protesters, Barry Acker realizes a guilty verdict will bring a riot and what will transpire? (from Chapter 43)

They will be not be injured.
They will not reach the bus safely.
They will reach the vans safely.
They will make it out of town with the help of additional National Guard troops.
3)

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? (from Chapter 25 | Chapter 26)

Awakens Jake, and instructs him to take up a position with his rifle.
Awakens Jake, and instructs him to take his family to the airport.
Awakens Jake, and instructs him to send his family into hiding.
Ignores the tip.
4)

How do the members of the council of black ministers arrive for strategic planning regarding the NAACP defense of Carl Lee? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

In Saabs and BMWs.
In Chevrolets and Dodges.
Primarily in modest-priced vehicles.
In their Cadillacs and Lincolns.
5)

When does Agee agree to get the "love offering" funds for the Hailey family to Gwen? (from Chapter 27 | Chapter 28)

When Ozzie threatens to arrest him.
When Carl Lee threatens to tell everyone of Agee's dirty dealings.
When Ozzie says he could tell the church of his stolen car, DUI, and funeral home kickbicks.
When Jake threatens to prosecute.
6)

Ellen has done a masterful job of the M'Naghten brief, summarizing what into seventy-five pages directly applicable to the Hailey trial? (from Chapter 31)

A century of legal history.
A century and a half of legal history.
A half century of legal history.
A quarter century of legal history.
7)

When the jurors arrive the next morning for further deliberation, how are they taken from the bus to the courthouse? (from Chapter 43)

By National Guardsmen through the crowd.
Through a back entrance using two vans instead of a bus.
By deputies through the crowd.
By Ozzie and National Guardsmen through the crowd.
8)

What is Wanda Womack's position? (from Chapter 44)

She would only vote guilty if everyone else did.
She did not feel right about a guilty vote, but would if necessary.
She would sit until Christmas, but never give in to a guilty verdict.
She is concerned for the safety of everyone and is not sure how to vote.
9)

Who is the first victim to fall in the riot at the courthouse? (from Chapter 30)

Reverend Agee.
Lester Hailey.
Freddie Cobb.
Ozzie Walls.
10)

How does Ozzie determine what is in the ticking case the stranger has brought to the front porch of of Jake's home? (from Chapter 25 | Chapter 26)

He threatens to shoot both of his knees.
He handcuffs the man to the gas meter and places the case between his legs.
Ozzie breaks both of the man's ankles.
He threatens to break his ankles.
11)

What happens to Ellen on her way to Oxford on the evening of the shooting? (from Chapter 37)

She is intentionally run off the road by a sedan.
She has a motor vehicle accident.
She is intentionally run off the road by a pickup truck.
She is pulled over by a vehicle with flashing blue lights.
12)

On the evening before the trial begins, Ellen arrives at Jake's office suite carrying a thick, professional brief regarding the rape admissibility issue and begins to do what? (from Chapter 32)

Make margaritas.
Make copies of the brief.
Make coffee.
Provide an overview of the issue.
13)

What is Clanton doing to prepare for the national spotlight a week before the Carl Lee trial? (from Chapter 27 | Chapter 28)

New parking meters are being installed.
Public facilities are being cleaned and rejuvenated.
Stray cats, dogs, other pets are being collected by Animal Control.
Repainting stripes on Main Street, parking spaces, and Courthouse signs.
14)

During the closing statement to the jury, what does Jake say that must be withdrawn? (from Chapter 40)

Tonya will never bear children.
A child cannot understand the reason for the attack.
A murder victim is released, and a rape victim deals with it the rest of her life.
In Carl Lee's shoes, Jake would blow Cobb's and Willard's heads off.
15)

Norman Reinfeld, the thirty-year-old Jewish supervisor of the NAACP defense team, graduated from which law school? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

Yale.
Princeton.
Columbia.
Harvard.
16)

When Murphy, the janitor, is called as a witness of the state on the afternoon of the fourth day, it is a gut-wrenching ordeal for what reason? (from Chapter 36)

He stutters and spits in response to the questions for an hour.
He was afraid of being questioned, and was nearly in tears for an hour.
He was close to Cobb, and had a difficult time keeping his composure.
He was close to Willard, and had a difficult time keeping his composure.
17)

When Jake addresses the jury, what does he first apologize for? (from Chapter 40)

Dr. Bass.
Their having to be sequestered.
His mistakes due to inexperience.
His inability to be at court on Friday.
18)

During the night of the second trial date, Stump Sisson dies, bringing the number of deaths related to Tonya's rape to how many? (from Chapter 34)

6.
5.
4.
3.
19)

At one point, talk amongst the jurors gradually leads toward a guilty verdict, based essentially on what? (from Chapter 42)

Rape being worthy of life, but not death.
Carl Lee's six days of planning and premeditation.
Carl Lee having used an illegal firearm.
Carl Lee had an option to await the outcome of Cobb's and Willard's trial.
20)

What does Wanda Womack ask the jury panel to consider to convince them to rule not guilty by reason of insanity? (from Chapter 44)

Consider true justice for a father, not the legal system.
Imagine Tonya as a white girl attacked by two drunk black men.
Consider what the crowd outside will do if he is found guilty.
Consider their reaction if their daughter was attacked and beaten.
21)

How is the riot quelled? (from Chapter 30)

Deputies from an adjacent county arrive on scene.
Additional Ford County deputies arrive on scene.
State Troopers arrive on scene.
Three deputies fire their revolvers into the air.
22)

What question does Jake ask of Ozzie during cross-examination that Buckley wildly objects to and Jake withdraws, but Ozzie has already nodded affirmatively to? (from Chapter 35)

Whether Pete Willard signed a confession prior to his death?
Did either verbally confess prior to death?
Did Pete Willard agree to sign a confession for leniency prior to death?
Whether either Cobb or Willard signed a confession prior to death?
23)

Early Sunday morning, the day before the trial opens, Jake is awakened on the law office couch by what? (from Chapter 32)

Large, national TV vehicles vying for best position around Clanton Square.
The telephone continuosly ringing.
Sounds of the National Guard taking position in Clanton Square.
Ellen knocking persistently on the office door.
24)

How does Deputy Looney describe Carl Lee? (from Chapter 36)

"It was an accident. But he deserves some prison time."
"He's a killer. He's worthy of death."
"He's a hero. Give him a trophy."
"For what he did, he deserves life."
25)

What does Tonya, who suffers from endless nightmares and is certain that her attackers are after her, insist on? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

That Deputy Willie Hastings, Tonya's uncle, sit under her bedroom window.
That her mother sleep with her, and her brothers sleep outside her bedroom door.
That one of her brothers sleep outside her bedroom, and the other sit under her window.
That every light in the home stay on all night, and her brothers sleep outside her door.
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