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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 Jake feel when a patron in the Coffee Shop notes that the black protesters must frighten the jurors?
(a) He hopes there will be no further bloodshed.
(b) He hopes they don't.
(c) He is uncertain.
(d) He hopes they do.

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

3. Following Carl Lee's preliminary hearing, what does Jake attempt to do in the interview with New York Times reporter McKittrick?
(a) Get McKittrick to comprehend the intricacies of this case.
(b) Get McKittrick to comprehend the complexity of murder cases.
(c) Get McKittrick to comprehend the reality of racism and other biases throughout the nation.
(d) Get McKittrick to comprehend the danger and threat of the KKK.

4. How does Carl Lee compare killing the white men who raped his daughter with killing the "gooks" in Vietnam?
(a) He feels worse about the killing in Vietnam.
(b) He regrets the killing in Clanton.
(c) He feels worse about the killing in Mississippi.
(d) He feels killing both situations were equally necessary.

5. What happens when Carl Lee opens a courtroom window with a small balcony and the deputy nods?
(a) Carl Lee has second thoughts for safety, and watches inside from the window.
(b) Carl Lee, Tonya, and the boys step onto the balcony, wave, and the crowd surges.
(c) Carl Lee steps onto the balcony, waves, and the crowd surges.
(d) Carl Lee steps onto the balcony, and can see KKK on their "turf."

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point, talk amongst the jurors gradually leads toward a guilty verdict, based essentially on what?

2. What does Sheriff Walls testify during the change of venue hearing?

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 morning of the day he first meets Ellen, what is it Jake recalls Carla could tell during their phone conversation the night before?

5. 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?

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