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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. Who is Juan Torruella?
(a) A friend of Facher's.
(b) A friend of judge Skinner.
(c) A judge on the Court of Appeals.
(d) A legal associate of Schlictmann.

2. Who is Mary Zoza?
(a) Schlictmann's expert witness.
(b) Schlictmann's bookkeeper.
(c) Cheeseman's secretary.
(d) Facher's expert witness.

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

4. Toward the middle of August, where does Eustis go?
(a) On vacation.
(b) To a legal conference.
(c) To Europe.
(d) To a settlement conference in a different case.

5. What is "res judicata?"
(a) A basis for an appeal.
(b) A basis for a dismissal.
(c) A legal principle.
(d) A judicial decision.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the cross-examination of Schlictmann's geology expert take?

2. How long does Schlictmann's geologist say that TCE had been in the soil?

3. Who is Linda Kaplan?

4. Who make the opening statement for Grace Chemical?

5. Who is on the Schlictmann negotiating team in New York at Grace Chemical's office?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the verdict in Phase 1 of the trial?

3. 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.

4. Briefly describe Skinner's ruling/report to the Court of Appeals.

5. How does Schlictmann imagine that he would begin the Phase 2 trial?

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

7. Briefly describe what the Yankee Report.

8. After the Court of Appeals ruling, why does Schlictmann reject the Beatrice offer?

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

10. Describe the initial Court of Appeals ruling.

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