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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes "Blood: Textbook of Hematology" which has a chapter on leukemic diseases?
(a) Dr. James Jandl.
(b) Dr. Joseph Cruse.
(c) Dr. Alan Levin.
(d) Dr. Robert Truman.

2. What is barratry?
(a) The bringing of frivolous lawsuits.
(b) The bribing of judges.
(c) The solicitation of groundless lawsuits.
(d) The trying of a case without a jury.

3. The week before trial, how much is the settlement offer made by Neil Jacobs for Beatrice Foods?
(a) $3 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $8 million.
(d) $5 million.

4. How much is Schlictmann's standard payment for his first consultation with an expert witness?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $4,000.
(d) $500.

5. When do Charles and Anne Anderson move to Woburn?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1960.

6. Who is Shirley Conibear?
(a) A professor at Harvard.
(b) Schlictmann's secretary.
(c) A speacialist in hydrology.
(d) A specialist in environmental and occupational medicine.

7. Judge Skinner has a lengthy and mutual friendship with which of the attorneys?
(a) Jacobs.
(b) Schlictmann.
(c) Facher.
(d) Cheeseman.

8. What chemical does the state environmental department find in the water of Wells G and H?
(a) Tetracycline.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Benzene.
(d) Trichloroethylene.

9. How much is Facher's settlement offer that Schlictmann immediately rejects?
(a) $7 million.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $2 million.
(d) $4 million.

10. What Grace Chemical supervisor has drums of TCE and other waste buried under a new addition being built?
(a) Henry Wadsworth.
(b) Paul Shalline.
(c) Rick Collins.
(d) Bob Thomas.

11. Who does Cheeseman implead into the case as a third defendant?
(a) City of Woburn.
(b) EPA.
(c) Unifirst.
(d) Whitney Barrel.

12. What is the length of the Statute of Limitations on personal injuries in Massachusetts?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

13. Where is the First Circuit Judicial Conference held that Schlictmann went to?
(a) New York.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) San Juan.
(d) San Francisco.

14. Who said: "Being in trial . . . is like being submerged in deep water for weeks at a time. The world above becomes a faint echo."
(a) Conway.
(b) Facher.
(c) Cheeseman.
(d) Schlictmann.

15. After the deposition process, who does Schlictmann believe is lying?
(a) John Riley.
(b) Al Love.
(c) Peter Walker.
(d) Donald Fredrico.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Judge Skinner selected for this trial?

2. Why does the state environmental department originally come to Woburn in 1979?

3. Where does Schlichtmann first set up his own practice?

4. How much does Nesson estimate that the Woburn case is worth in punitive damages?

5. What lawyer becomes Schlictmann's assistant?

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