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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Judge Skinner give his approval of the settlement between Grace and Schlictmann?
(a) September 22.
(b) September 30.
(c) September 15.
(d) September 5.

2. Who is Albert Eustis?
(a) Cheeseman's associate.
(b) Grace Chemical's General Counsel.
(c) A Harvard Law School professor.
(d) Beatrice's General council.

3. What is a squeal point?
(a) The final offer in a settlement.
(b) Initially the highest amount one wanted in a settlement.
(c) The amount that would be acceptable in a settlment.
(d) The absolute lowest amount one would take in a settlement.

4. Who is John Dobrinski?
(a) Schlictmann's friend.
(b) Schlictmann's occupational expert witness.
(c) Schlictmann's leukemia witness.
(d) Schlictmann's expert geological witness.

5. Which of the Woburn families who are plaintiffs do not pay any attention to the trial?
(a) Gamache.
(b) Rollins.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Taylor.

6. During the misconduct hearings how many witnesses are there?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 26.
(d) 14.

7. What happens to the Schlictmann negotiating team on their way to Grace Chemical's office?
(a) They met one of the jurors from Phase 1.
(b) They saw a re-run of Good Morning America on a TV in a window.
(c) They got lost.
(d) They got robbed.

8. How many families are plaintiffs in the Woburn case?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

9. Who commissions the Yankee Environmental Engineering Report, known as the Yankee Report?
(a) Woburn Engineering Department.
(b) Tannery.
(c) Grace Chemical.
(d) EPA.

10. Who says "A plaintiff's case depends on momentum. The fewer objections you get, the better your case will move along. Objections break up the rhythm of an examination."
(a) Cheeseman.
(b) Skinner.
(c) Schlictmann.
(d) Facher.

11. How long does the cross-examination of Schlictmann's geology expert take?
(a) A day.
(b) A week.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three days.

12. After Phase 1 verdict Schlictmann's firm is in dire straits. How long can the firm continue to exist with the money they receive from cashing out the firm's retirement plan?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 months.

13. Who is Larry Knox?
(a) The well driller named in the Yankee Report.
(b) An employee at the tannery.
(c) A Woburn city engineer who knew about the Yankee Report.
(d) An EPA manager.

14. How long does it take Judge Skinner to make his ruling on the hearing regarding the Yankee Report?
(a) 7 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 9 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

15. Who reads Clausewitz's treatis "On War" and has the book fall open to the chapter entitled "Retreat after a Loss"?
(a) Schlictmann.
(b) Kiley.
(c) Phillips.
(d) Conway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Schlictmann: "Jack Riley and Mary Ryan may have screwed up, but the judge isn't going to give you a new trial."

2. Who is on the Schlictmann negotiating team in New York at Grace Chemical's office?

3. Who make the opening statement for Grace Chemical?

4. During the misconduct hearings, what information about the tannery does Riley admit he has at home?

5. What is referred to as "Sample Z?"

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