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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trial; The Vigil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many counsel tables are there at the trial?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. Who sends the Woburn case to Jerome Facher?
(a) The litigation attorney for Beatrice Foods.
(b) General counsel of Beatrice Foods.
(c) Assistant general counsel of Beatrice Foods.
(d) Schlictmann.

3. Who says, "Through trials, society seeks not only to discover the truth about a past event, but also to forge a link between crime and punishment, between wrong and liability."
(a) Klieman.
(b) Nesson.
(c) Skinner.
(d) Blackman.

4. What lawyer becomes Schlictmann's assistant?
(a) Henry Coe.
(b) Kevin Conway.
(c) George Baker.
(d) John Torrence.

5. Who is the first person who contacted the Atlanta Center for Disease Control about Woburn's leukemia cluster?
(a) Charles Anderson.
(b) Dr. Truman.
(c) Rev. Bruce Young.
(d) Anne Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the pre-trial publicity, which publication calls the Woburn case "a bellwether case?"

2. What is the amount of the counter-offer that Schlictmann makes to Beatrice Foods settlement offer the week before trial?

3. What governmental agency orderes the discontinuation of the use of TCE in the 1970s?

4. What is the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice?

5. Skinner asks the jury to determine the exact years that what began?

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