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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Estimating the value of a case is somewhat like what?
(a) Estimating costs.
(b) Creating a budget.
(c) Fortune telling.
(d) Shopping.

2. Who is Charles Nesson?
(a) An expert witness for Schlictmann.
(b) Schlictmann's friend.
(c) A Harvard law professor.
(d) A financier.

3. What is the name of Donna Robbins son who is diagnosed with leukemia?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Robbie.
(c) Joey.
(d) Tommie.

4. Who releases the report "Woburn: Cancer Incidence and Environmental Hazards?"
(a) The Centers for Disease Control and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
(b) The Massachusetts Environmental Department.
(c) The EPA.
(d) The Woburn City Council and the County Health Department.

5. Beverly Paigen provides Schlictmann with a report on what?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Contaminants other than TCE.
(c) TCE.
(d) Wells G and H.

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

7. What law firm represents Beatrice Foods?
(a) Foley, Hoag and Eliot.
(b) Hale and Door.
(c) Schlictmann and Conway.
(d) Jones and Jones.

8. Where does Jan Schlictmann go to law school?
(a) New York University.
(b) Boston University.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Cornell University.

9. When does the Anderson's son die?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1977.

10. Who says: "Somebody who's been hurt has the sympathy of the jury. Big companies don't get that sympathy."
(a) Schlictmann.
(b) Roisman.
(c) Facher.
(d) Cheeseman.

11. Who does Facher send out to Woburn for the purpose of finding out information?
(a) Henry Conway.
(b) Neil Jacobs.
(c) John Smith.
(d) Bill Crowley.

12. What is the amount of the counter-offer that Schlictmann makes to Beatrice Foods settlement offer the week before trial?
(a) $18 million.
(b) $20 million.
(c) $180 million.
(d) $10 million.

13. Who is the Grace Chemical employee who admits using TCE and dumping it at the back of the plant?
(a) Bob Thomas.
(b) John Truman.
(c) Scot Anderson.
(d) Tom Barbas.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Charles and Anne Anderson move to Woburn?

2. Why does Beatrice Foods purchase Riley Tannery?

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

4. Who files a Rule 11 charge against Schlictmann?

5. Who is Donald Frederico?

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