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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 | Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the city's largest black church, with NAACP officials and Gwen Hailey at his side, who announces the Carl Lee Hailey defense fund?
(a) Pastor Malachi Aristotle.
(b) Pastor Oster Angel.
(c) Reverend Amos Oliver.
(d) Reverend Ollie Agee.

3. What is Tonya restrained with while being raped?
(a) Swing-set chain.
(b) Electrical cord.
(c) Cotton rope.
(d) Nylon rope.

4. 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?
(a) It would be hard to convict.
(b) She would have to convict.
(c) She could not convict.
(d) She would have to convict of a lesser charge.

5. When Jake Brigance confides in Sheriff Walls that Carl Lee Hailey may be planning the murder of Cobb and Willard, what do they speculate about how they might feel?
(a) That they would not allow their daughters to testify.
(b) That they would carefully follow the trial.
(c) That they might entertain murder.
(d) That they would move so their daughters could start over.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their picnic, what is Carl Lee's response when Gwen questions him about his commitment to bring in a few hundred dollars to make ends meet?

2. According to Judge Noose, what is the largest media problem?

3. Judge Omar Noose initiated his career as a mediocre lawyer but good politician who served five terms in the state legislature, and during which he developed what?

4. On his way back to Mississippi, what is Lester doing?

5. When a Memphis TV crew requests to be allowed to film the trial, what does Judge Willard Bullard do?

(see the answer key)

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