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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ozzie summons Jake to meet with Lester and Carl Lee and Carl Lee rehires Jake because his brother "wants me to," what does Carl Lee say?
(a) Carl Lee states the Sheriff has convinced him Jake is a good choice.
(b) Carl Lee states he does not trust Jake, but trusts the Shark less.
(c) Carl Lee persists he is only following Lester's request.
(d) Carl Lee admits he trusts Jake, and wants his services.

2. Why does Jake recognize Gerald Ault as a supporter of black people?
(a) Although a secret few knew, Ault's first girlfriend was black.
(b) Ault was raised by a black "nanny" until he was in his early teens.
(c) Ault was rescued as a boy from a burning building by a black person.
(d) Ault was rescued as a boy from drowning by a black person.

3. Ellen has done a masterful job of the M'Naghten brief, summarizing what into seventy-five pages directly applicable to the Hailey trial?
(a) A century and a half of legal history.
(b) A century of legal history.
(c) A half century of legal history.
(d) A quarter century of legal history.

4. When Jake has Ellen focus on Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver, the state's mental expert, he asks her to center on cases where acquittals resulted because he suspects what?
(a) He has always been siding with the state.
(b) He is reluctant to declare anyone "insane."
(c) He has never declared a black person "insane."
(d) He has some shady connections.

5. Days before the trial, Gwen Hailey calls Jake and informs him she is behind on house payments, the utilities might be shut off, and has only received how much from the church council?
(a) $500.
(b) Nothing.
(c) $100.
(d) $400.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Carl Lee compare killing the white men who raped his daughter with killing the "gooks" in Vietnam?

2. What does Judge Bullard do to calm his nerves?

3. When Jake and Buckley are in the judge's office the day before the arraignment, what does the former request?

4. Where is the Ku Klux Klan meeting when Freddie Cobb, Billy Ray's brother, is stipulating to the Imperial Wizard that that they must get involved?

5. What is Clanton doing to prepare for the national spotlight a week before the Carl Lee trial?

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