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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In questioning jurors individually in chambers as to their position on the death penalty, one black male lies and is allowed to remain, and he later does what?
(a) Advises others he is not allowed to tell about the questioning.
(b) Tells women what to say to get off the jury.
(c) Tells them what to say if they want to get off.
(d) Advises other blacks what they will be asked and how to answer.

2. After Jake tells Ethel to shut up or quit when she informs him about his $4,000 in unpaid bills, less than $1,900 in the bank, and his failure to see clients or drop off promised files, what does she do?
(a) She tearfully explains about the threatening phone calls, and her husband's ill health.
(b) She firmly states he could find no replacement to last a week.
(c) She yells she has put up with his childishness long enough.
(d) She angrily responds by throwing papers and storming out.

3. What is the temperature at Reverend Agee's rally?
(a) 90 degrees.
(b) 80 degrees.
(c) 70 degrees.
(d) 100 degrees.

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

5. What is Lester's local girlfriend's name, and how many children do they have?
(a) Frances, 1.
(b) Iris, 1.
(c) Champagne, 1.
(d) Iris, 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Rufus Buckley's political ambitions lead him to?

2. When two dozen Klansmen arrive on the first morning of the trial in full regalia, what happens?

3. A convoy of how many buses carrying elderly blacks converge at the courthouse where Reverend Agee is holding a rally?

4. Sheriff Walls is concerned about Carl Lee's safety and comes up with what plan for transporting him to the courthouse on the day of his preliminary hearing?

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

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