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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Judge Omar Noose initiated his career as a mediocre lawyer but good politician who served five terms in the state legislature, and during which he developed what?
(a) A most affluent, dishonest lifestyle.
(b) A moderate, but totally honest lifestyle.
(c) A moderate, but borderline dishonest lifestyle.
(d) A most affluent, honest lifestyle.

2. What is Tonya carrying when she is kidnapped?
(a) A basket of fish and a pole.
(b) An armful of firewood.
(c) A bag of groceries.
(d) Her school books.

3. How old is Tonya?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. How does Jake Brigance view the Carl Lee Hailey murder trial?
(a) An opportunity to earn money.
(b) Solely as an opportunity to help a person of color.
(c) As his ticket to the big time.
(d) With a four-year-old daughter of his own, he feels merely empathy.

5. What have local attorneys dubbed Judge Omar Noose?
(a) Mickey Mouse.
(b) Yogi Bear.
(c) Abe Lincoln.
(d) Ichabod.

6. Where is Carl Lee seated during the change of venue hearing?
(a) Carl Lee chose to stay in jail.
(b) Still being examined by doctors.
(c) Next to Jake, by his own choice.
(d) Next to Jake, as required by court procedures.

7. How have Lucien and Harry Rex advised Jake regarding selection of women for the jury?
(a) Lucien is in favor, Harry Rex is opposed.
(b) Both are in favor.
(c) Harry Rex is in favor, Lucien is opposed.
(d) Both are opposed.

8. Jake's friend Harry Rex Vonner tells him the grand jury voted how on the Hailey indictment?
(a) 12-6.
(b) 10-8.
(c) 13-5.
(d) 11-5.

9. What is the temperature at Reverend Agee's rally?
(a) 100 degrees.
(b) 80 degrees.
(c) 90 degrees.
(d) 70 degrees.

10. Following his motion to withdraw on Friday, Jake does what?
(a) Confirms with his Court Clerk contact that there is nothing new in Carl Lee's file since withdrawal.
(b) Advises with Lucien regarding the current status of Carl Lee case.
(c) Slips into the Court Clerk's office and quickly surveys Carl Lee's file.
(d) Calls Marsharfsky to become his local associate in Carl Lee case.

11. Why does the name of Clyde Sisco cause some stir during the meeting of Jake's jury strategy team?
(a) Lucien says Sisco owes him, as he got him off of prior charges.
(b) Lucien tells how he "bought" Sisco in a previous case.
(c) Lucien states Sisco is one of few whites at Tank's Tonk.
(d) Lucien says Sisco is white, but has a daughter with a black girlfriend.

12. What illegal item does Carl Lee Hailey request to buy from K.T. "Cat" Bruster?
(a) An automatic M-1 carbine.
(b) An automatic AK-47.
(c) A .45 caliber semi-automatic.
(d) An automatic M-16.

13. Norman Reinfeld, the thirty-year-old Jewish supervisor of the NAACP defense team, graduated from which law school?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Harvard.

14. Where is Tonya seated in the interview with Jake and the Hailey family?
(a) Seated in her Uncle Lester's lap.
(b) She is afraid and is not present.
(c) Seated in her daddy's lap.
(d) Seated in her mama's lap.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Following the preliminary hearing for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard, who hides in the county courthouse after closing at 4:30 p.m. on Friday?

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

3. 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?

4. What does Jake Brigance drive?

5. How long does it take Sheriff Ozzie Walls to obtain arrest warrants for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard?

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