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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What chemical is added to Wells G and H beginning in 1968?
(a) Floride.
(b) Germicide.
(c) Benzene.
(d) Chlorine.

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

3. How much does Nesson estimate that the Woburn case is worth in punitive damages?
(a) No less than $3 million.
(b) At least half a million dollars.
(c) Millions of dollars.
(d) At least $1 million.

4. What TV show films a segment on the Woburn case?
(a) CNN.
(b) 60 Minutes.
(c) New York Beat.
(d) Boston News.

5. EPA's issue with the tannery involves what?
(a) Contaminents.
(b) Groundwater.
(c) TCE.
(d) Wastewater.

6. What law firm represents Grace Chemical Company?
(a) Hale and Door.
(b) Schlictmann and Conway.
(c) Mason and Dunn.
(d) Foley, Hoag, and Eliot.

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

8. Who is Tom Kiley?
(a) Schlictmann's banker.
(b) Schlictmann's friend.
(c) Schlictmann's assistant.
(d) An expert witness for Schlictmann.

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

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

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

12. Who is the manager of Riley Tannery?
(a) Henry Riley.
(b) John Cordelia.
(c) Robert Reed.
(d) John Riley.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the first person who contacted the Atlanta Center for Disease Control about Woburn's leukemia cluster?

3. Who is Shirley Conibear?

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

5. In a pre-trial motion, Cheeseman asks that the venue be changed to where?

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