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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much has Jake been paid by Lester Hailey prior to the indictment?
(a) $550.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $900.
(d) $750.

2. When the jury is impaneled, Jake, Harry Rex, and Ellen are in agreement about what?
(a) Things do not look well.
(b) It is not as bad as was expected.
(c) It is much better than expected.
(d) They are uncertain about some of the members.

3. Besides getting names and addresses, what does the Ku Klux Klan advise Freddie Cobb he must do to participate?
(a) Join the KKK.
(b) Join the KKK and participate in the lynching of a black person.
(c) Recruit 2 additional members and join the KKK.
(d) Recruit 5 or 6 members and join the KKK.

4. Jake knows Judge Noose will feel how about the National Guard being called in?
(a) Glad that another measure to ensure safety was taken.
(b) Furious that he was not consulted.
(c) Understanding it is the mayor's job to ensure city safety, not the judge's.
(d) Wishing he had been consulted, but not upset.

5. The Hailey indictment is not mentioned on TV until a brief 10:00 p.m. news segment, so what is Jake's response?
(a) He orders pizza.
(b) He does some paperwork.
(c) He yells angily and tosses a sofa pillow at the TV.
(d) He laughs.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many murder trials has Jake Brigance served as the defense counsel prior to the preliminary hearing for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard?

4. On the evening before the trial begins, Ellen arrives at Jake's office suite carrying a thick, professional brief regarding the rape admissibility issue and begins to do what?

5. Who is the first victim to fall in the riot at the courthouse?

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