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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On his way back to Mississippi, what is Lester doing?
(a) Reflecting on how he will get Carl Lee to rehire Jake.
(b) Reflecting on his failing marriage.
(c) Reflecting on how he can help Carl Lee pay for legal services.
(d) Reflecting on how he got off.

2. When Murphy, the janitor, is called as a witness of the state on the afternoon of the fourth day, it is a gut-wrenching ordeal for what reason?
(a) He was afraid of being questioned, and was nearly in tears for an hour.
(b) He was close to Willard, and had a difficult time keeping his composure.
(c) He stutters and spits in response to the questions for an hour.
(d) He was close to Cobb, and had a difficult time keeping his composure.

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

4. What three individuals were aware of what would likely take place, so the double murder does not surprise them?
(a) Ozzie Walls, Jake Brigance, Carl Lee Hailey.
(b) Lester Hailey, Jake Brigance, Judge Bullard.
(c) Carla Brigance, Pete Willard, Billy Ray Cobb.
(d) Ozzie Walls, K.T. "Cat" Bruster, Deputy Looney.

5. During one phone call to Carla shortly prior to the trial, whose situation is Jake careful not to bring up?
(a) Bud Twitty's.
(b) Gwem Hailey's.
(c) Ozzie Walls'.
(d) Reverend Agee's.

Short Answer 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?

2. What is Jake Brigance accustomed to doing on his office balcony?

3. What happens when Jake calls Lester in Chicago?

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

5. When interviewed by TV journalists the day before Carl Lee's preliminary hearing, what does Jake tell them a Mississippi jury has as options when trying capital murder?

(see the answer key)

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