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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who aids Ellen following her plight?
(a) Deputy Nesbitt.
(b) Jake.
(c) Ozzie.
(d) "Mickey Mouse."

2. Why is Carl Lee aghast when the jury is finally seated?
(a) It is all-white, 10 women and 2 men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(b) It is all-white, 9 women and 3 men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(c) It is all-white, 11 women and 1 man, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(d) It is all-white, 12 women and no men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.

3. Since Jake insists he will not be a "gofer" for the NAACP, what is the response when Carl Lee asks what will happen to the $20,000 defense fund if he uses only Jake?
(a) He will only receive half.
(b) He will receive it all.
(c) The $20,000 only accompanies the NAACP defense team.
(d) Only a small portion will go to the Hailey family support fund.

4. When a juror is jumped by thugs at the Temple Inn, how is he threatened?
(a) At gunpoint; they know where his family is if there is no conviction.
(b) One house has burned; his family's could too if there is no conviction.
(c) At knifepoint; they know where his family is if there is no conviction.
(d) At knifepoint; he will watch his family die if there is no conviction.

5. 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?
(a) Make coffee.
(b) Make copies of the brief.
(c) Make margaritas.
(d) Provide an overview of the issue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Early Sunday morning, the day before the trial opens, Jake is awakened on the law office couch by what?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Given the National Guard activity the day prior to the trial opening, Jake advises Ellen he will be forced to renew his plea for change of venue, ask for a mistrial, and then be certain of what?

(see the answer key)

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