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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sheriff Walls testify during the change of venue hearing?
(a) Virtually all Ford County citizens don't know all the rape and murder facts, but have their minds made up.
(b) Most Ford County citizens know most of the rape and murder facts, and have not made their minds up.
(c) The majority of Ford County citizens know all the rape and murder facts, and have their minds made up.
(d) There are not 12 Ford County citizens that don't have all the rape and murder facts, and their minds are made up.

2. Jake's friend Harry Rex Vonner tells him the grand jury voted how on the Hailey indictment?
(a) 10-8.
(b) 13-5.
(c) 11-5.
(d) 12-6.

3. Who has received threatening phone calls both at home and in the office?
(a) Ethel Twitty.
(b) Gwen Hailey.
(c) Percy Bullard.
(d) Rufus Buckley.

4. What is Jake Brigance accustomed to doing on his office balcony?
(a) Have a cup of coffee.
(b) Have a shot of quality bourbon.
(c) Play his harmonica.
(d) Light a cigar.

5. Where do Rufus Buckley's political ambitions lead him to?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) District Judge.
(c) Governorship.
(d) State Attorney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Carla's reply when Jake asks her if she would convict Carl Lee Hailey for murdering Billy Ray Cobb if she were a jury member?

2. How does Jake Brigance view the Carl Lee Hailey murder trial?

3. Besides getting names and addresses, what does the Ku Klux Klan advise Freddie Cobb he must do to participate?

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

5. How long does the preliminary hearing for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard last?

(see the answer key)

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