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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where can Nesson work without interruptions?
(a) The court house library.
(b) His office.
(c) Harvard law school faculty library.
(d) His home office.

2. On August 11, where does Schlictmann meet with Keating?
(a) Coffee shop.
(b) Schlictmann's office.
(c) Federal courthouse.
(d) Hotel.

3. How much do the attorneys get in legal fees?
(a) $2.5 million.
(b) $2.2 million.
(c) $3 million.
(d) $2.0 million.

4. When Schlictmann meets with his client families in his offices in August, which family says "We're all in this together. That's how we started, and that's how we'll stay."?
(a) Toomey.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Robbins.
(d) Kanes.

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. How many specific questions does Skinner give to the jury?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 1.
(d) 8.

7. When Schlictmann meets with his client families in his offices in August, he tells them that the most difficult thing facing the plaintiffs in the upcoming phase 2 trial is the jury asking themselves what question?
(a) How do I make a decision when scientists and doctors can't agree?
(b) How do I make a decision when I am bombarded with so much information?
(c) How do I make a decision if I can't understand all this technical stuff?
(d) How do I make an impartial decision?

8. Who make the opening statement for Grace Chemical?
(a) Facher.
(b) Frederico.
(c) Jacobs.
(d) Keating.

9. Where do the second round of negotiations take place between Schlictmann's team and Grace in New York?
(a) Federal Courthouse.
(b) Helmsley Palace.
(c) Grace Chemical's offices.
(d) Four Seasons Hotel.

10. Who is Mary Zoza?
(a) Cheeseman's secretary.
(b) Schlictmann's expert witness.
(c) Schlictmann's bookkeeper.
(d) Facher's expert witness.

11. Toward the middle of August, where does Eustis go?
(a) To a settlement conference in a different case.
(b) To Europe.
(c) To a legal conference.
(d) On vacation.

12. Where are the first negotiations between Schlictmann's team and Grace held in Boston?
(a) Lafayette Hotel.
(b) Schlictmann's offices.
(c) Four Seasons Hotel.
(d) The judge's chambers.

13. Who is on the Schlictmann negotiating team in New York at Grace Chemical's office?
(a) Schlictmann, Conway, Crowley, and Gordon.
(b) Schlictmann, Crowley, Gordon, and Kiley.
(c) Schlictmann, Gordon, Phillips, and Kiley.
(d) Schlictmann, Conway, Gordon, and Phillips.

14. Where does Schlictmann's office send copies of the previous days transcript?
(a) Their New York office.
(b) TV stations.
(c) The newspapers.
(d) Woburn.

15. For opening arguments, how many spectators remain seated in the court room after Judge Skinner asks those without seats to leave?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 250.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the cross-examination of Schlictmann's geology expert take?

2. After Judge Skinner sends his report to the Court of Appeals, when does the Court of Appeals issue its ruling on the Beatrice appeal?

3. How long after the verdict in phase 1 is a settlement reached between Schlictmann and Grace Chemical?

4. Who has Schlictmann asked not to come to the trial?

5. In giving instructions to the jury, Skinner disallows any evidence prior to what date?

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