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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who files a Rule 11 charge against Schlictmann?
(a) Facher.
(b) Jacobs.
(c) Roisman.
(d) Cheeseman.

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

4. Who is the first woburn plaintiff called for deposition by the defendants?
(a) Anne Anderson.
(b) Richard Aufiero.
(c) Donna Robbins.
(d) John Lilley.

5. After meeting with lawyers, what Grace Chemical employee says "I do believe I'm on the wrong side of this whole thing."
(a) Paul Shalline.
(b) Al Love.
(c) Henry Freer.
(d) Donald Fredrico.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Anderson's son die?

2. What is the name of the law firm that was initially contacted about the leukemia clusters?

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

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

5. What part of Schlictmann's pre-trial settlement offer is meant to appeal to Judge Skinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe how Judge Skinner plans to divide the trial into phases.

2. Why does Judge Skinner decide to become more involved with jury selection than is normally the case, and how is he more involved?

3. What are the results of medical tests of the Woburn family members of children who have leukemia or had died from leukemia?

4. Why does Cheeseman implead Unifirst into the case as a third defendant?

5. What is the basis of Schlictmann's work at Reed & Mulligan?

6. What other illnesses, in addition to leukemia, do families in East Woburn report in significant numbers?

7. Do all three partners in Schlictmann's firm want to take on the Woburn case?

8. When Anne Anderson begins her own investigation into the leukemia cluster, what is her initial step?

9. Before trial, Facher asks for a continuance. Why is this bad for the plaintiffs?

10. What is the status of the Woburn case when Mulligan gave the case to Schlictmann, and why does Mulligan give it to him?

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