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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. Judge Skinner has a lengthy and mutual friendship with which of the attorneys?
(a) Jacobs.
(b) Schlictmann.
(c) Facher.
(d) Cheeseman.

2. What is the name of the law firm that was initially contacted about the leukemia clusters?
(a) Jones & Mulligan.
(b) Conway & Mulligan.
(c) Reed & Mulligan.
(d) Roisman & Mulligan.

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

4. What is the name of Schlictmann's secretary during the Eaton discovery and trial?
(a) Kathy Boyer.
(b) Karen Studebacker.
(c) Mary Bolin.
(d) Susan Shores.

5. In the pre-trial publicity, which publication calls the Woburn case "a bellwether case?"
(a) Business Week.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What law firm represents Grace Chemical Company?

2. How far away from Boston is Woburn located?

3. When does the Anderson's son die?

4. What is "Litigation Sciences?"

5. Who is the manager of Riley Tannery?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain in a few sentences the nature of the complaint in the Woburn case.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the official city response to the citizen's committee to do something about the water?

9. Why does Facher not want the families to testify?

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

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