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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 is referred to as "Sample Z?"
(a) Waste from the Aberjana River.
(b) Contaminated samples from Well H.
(c) Drobrinski's contaminated tannery waste.
(d) Contaminated samples from Well G.

2. How long does it take Judge Skinner to make his ruling on the hearing regarding the Yankee Report?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 9 weeks.
(c) 7 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

3. In Phase 1 of the trial, Schlictmann has to prove that groundwater poisoned what?
(a) The children with leukemia.
(b) The Aberjona River.
(c) Wells G and H.
(d) The families.

4. Where do the Schlictmann team stay when they went to New York for the negotiations?
(a) Four Seasons Hotel.
(b) Apartments rented by Grace for them
(c) Helmsley Palace.
(d) Holiday Inn.

5. Who says: "We got to prepare for phase two. We can't negotiate without being prepared. Things are not black and white."
(a) Conway.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Phillips.
(d) Schlictmann.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does each family get initially in cash from the Grace settlement?

2. The EPA report that is released after the trial verdict clearly states what?

3. Who says "We need a vacation from these legal bills."?

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

5. After the misconduct hearings, Schlictmann says, "The man is demented." To whom is he referring?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Schlitmann's immediate reaction to the verdict in Phase 1?

2. What is Schlictmann's goal during Phase 1?

3. What is Judge Skinner's response to the Court of Appeals ruling?

4. What does Schlictmann's team decide to ask for during the first negotiations with Grace?

5. During Phase 1 of the trial what does Schlictmann have to prove to the jury?

6. John Dobrinski is Schlictmann's expert geological witness. Excluding the substance of his geological testimony, is John Dobrinski an effective witness for Schlictmann?

7. Briefly describe the EPA report that is issued during the initial preparation for the Beatrice appeal involving pump tests performed a year before, even before the trial began.

8. How does Schlictmann discredit John Guswa's testimony?

9. What is the final ruling of the Court of Appeals?

10. What is the "shark effect" that Eustis is worried about in giving a big settlement to Schlictmann?

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