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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do residents of east Woburn begin to complain about the water?

2. Who does Schlictmann hire to test immune systems of family members of Woburn children who have leukemia or who have died from leukemia?

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

4. Why does Beatrice Foods purchase Riley Tannery?

5. Why is TCE used during World War II at the tannery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the basis of Schlictmann's work at Reed & Mulligan?

7. Briefly describe Jerome Facher's legal qualifications.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effect does the judge's four questions to the jury have on the verdict? Include what the four questions are, what the difficulties are, etc.

Essay Topic 2

If you were a lawyer, would you take the case? Why or why not? What factors would influence your decision?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jan Schlictmann, the man and the lawyer. What is his motivation in taking the case? How does he succeed? Is he successful from the public's viewpoint? From his own?

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