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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. What Grace Chemical supervisor has drums of TCE and other waste buried under a new addition being built?
(a) Rick Collins.
(b) Bob Thomas.
(c) Paul Shalline.
(d) Henry Wadsworth.

2. In what part of the pretrial is "voir dire" involved?
(a) Depositions.
(b) Jury selection.
(c) Motion for change of venue.
(d) Discovery.

3. At a before trial settlement conference, how much does Schlictmann propose as a settlement?
(a) $175 million.
(b) $75 million.
(c) $5 million.
(d) $25 million.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What chemical does the state environmental department find in the water of Wells G and H?

3. Beverly Paigen provides Schlictmann with a report on what?

4. What law firm represents Grace Chemical Company?

5. EPA's issue with the tannery involves what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Beatrice offers an $8 million settlement before trial. What two things would this settlement achieve for Schlictmann?

3. What is Neil Jacobs' conclusion after interviewing John Riley?

4. What is Charles Nesson's initial reaction to the Woburn case?

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

6. What does the three year Harvard School of Public Health Study of Woburn conclude?

7. What information does Schlictmann learn from the deposition that put Grace in a bad light?

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

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

10. Briefly describe what the "Woodshed Conference" is.

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