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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) He remains silent.
(b) He firmly repeats that he will see what he can do.
(c) He states he is doing the best he can.
(d) He reminds her he is still the man of the family.

2. At noon, when the court assembles and finds the jury has not reached a verdict, the judge advises them to do what?
(a) Skip lunch and continue deliberation.
(b) Take a ninety-minute lunch without deliberation.
(c) Have lunch while they continue deliberation.
(d) Take an hour lunch without deliberation.

3. While Jake and Ellen are working on various issues of the case, whom do they invite to join them on the balcony of the law office?
(a) Deputy Nesbit.
(b) Ozzie Walls.
(c) Harry Rex.
(d) Lucien.

4. Where is the Ku Klux Klan meeting when Freddie Cobb, Billy Ray's brother, is stipulating to the Imperial Wizard that that they must get involved?
(a) Deep in the woods of Durham County, 125 miles northeast of Clanton.
(b) Deep in the woods of Nettles County, 230 miles south of Clanton.
(c) In a barn on an abandoned farm, 20 miles outside Vicksburg.
(d) In a warehouse in an industrial park, late at night.

5. How many murder trials has Jake Brigance served as the defense counsel prior to the preliminary hearing for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Murphy, the janitor, is called as a witness of the state on the afternoon of the fourth day, it is a gut-wrenching ordeal for what reason?

2. When interviewed by TV journalists the day before Carl Lee's preliminary hearing, what does Jake tell them a Mississippi jury has as options when trying capital murder?

3. How do the other prisoners feel about Carl Lee taking meals with the sheriff?

4. Several days following his being rehired by Carl Lee, Jake is summoned to Lucien's home to meet whom?

5. What questions does Jake ask of Cobb's and Willard's respective mothers during cross-examination?

(see the answer key)

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