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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hinky Myrick raise money during the Carl Lee trial?
(a) Selling sandwiches, plate lunches at exhorbitant prices on the front lawn.
(b) Selling sandwiches, plate lunches at reasonable prices to media outdoors.
(c) Selling sandwiches and plate lunches at exhorbitant prices in the courtroom.
(d) Selling sandwiches and plate lunches at cheap prices to the National Guard.

2. What is Clanton doing to prepare for the national spotlight a week before the Carl Lee trial?
(a) New parking meters are being installed.
(b) Public facilities are being cleaned and rejuvenated.
(c) Stray cats, dogs, other pets are being collected by Animal Control.
(d) Repainting stripes on Main Street, parking spaces, and Courthouse signs.

3. Who likely holds the outcome of the Carl Lee trial in the palm of his hand?
(a) Jake.
(b) Lucien.
(c) Noose.
(d) The Ford County Klan leader.

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

5. Ministers start a parade of black protesters behind a fifteen-foot banner that reads what?
(a) "Free Carl Lee."
(b) "Free Carl Lee Hailey."
(c) "Tonya Is The Victim."
(d) "Carl Lee Was Right."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Carl Lee fire Jake?

2. What is Lester's local girlfriend's name, and how many children do they have?

3. How is the riot quelled?

4. Who begs Sheriff Ozzie Walls to reopen the local "tonks"?

5. How much has Jake been paid by Lester Hailey prior to the indictment?

(see the answer key)

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