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

2. In a pre-trial motion, Cheeseman asks that the venue be changed to where?
(a) Bridgeport, Conn.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Bangor, Maine.
(d) Washington, DC.

3. Who is James Gordon?
(a) Schlictmann's financial adviser.
(b) A biochemist.
(c) A friend.
(d) Schlictmann's law partner.

4. Who does Schlictmann hire to test immune systems of family members of Woburn children who have leukemia or who have died from leukemia?
(a) Dr. Gary Flynn.
(b) Dr. Paul Collins.
(c) Dr. Robert Colvin.
(d) Dr. Steven Craig.

5. Who says, "Through trials, society seeks not only to discover the truth about a past event, but also to forge a link between crime and punishment, between wrong and liability."
(a) Blackman.
(b) Nesson.
(c) Skinner.
(d) Klieman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tom Kiley?

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

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

4. How much is Schlictmann's standard payment for his first consultation with an expert witness?

5. What Grace Chemical supervisor has drums of TCE and other waste buried under a new addition being built?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Cheeseman want to change the venue of the trial from state to federal court?

3. What is Jan Schlictmann's first noteworthy case, and how much does he receive as his fee?

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

5. Why do the plaintiffs include a portion of the proposed settlement to be for a foundation for leukemia research?

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

7. Briefly describe Jerome Facher's legal qualifications.

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

9. Why does John J. Riley sell the tannery to Beatrice Foods?

10. To what does the title of the chapter "Orphans and Dogs" refer?

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