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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Manslaughter for 20 years, capital murder for life or death, and not guilty.
(b) Manslaughter for 20 years, capital murder for life or death, and guilty.
(c) Manslaughter with immediate parole, capital murder for life, and not guilty.
(d) Manslaughter for 25 years, capital murder for life or death, and not guilty.

2. What does Tonya, who suffers from endless nightmares and is certain that her attackers are after her, insist on?
(a) That Deputy Willie Hastings, Tonya's uncle, sit under her bedroom window.
(b) That every light in the home stay on all night, and her brothers sleep outside her door.
(c) That her mother sleep with her, and her brothers sleep outside her bedroom door.
(d) That one of her brothers sleep outside her bedroom, and the other sit under her window.

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

4. Several days following his being rehired by Carl Lee, Jake is summoned to Lucien's home to meet whom?
(a) Dr. W.T. Bass, retired psychiatrist.
(b) Dr. W.T. Bass, retired psychologist.
(c) Dr. W.T. Bass, retired pediatrician.
(d) Dr. W.T. Bass, retired podiatrist.

5. Besides getting names and addresses, what does the Ku Klux Klan advise Freddie Cobb he must do to participate?
(a) Recruit 5 or 6 members and join the KKK.
(b) Join the KKK and participate in the lynching of a black person.
(c) Join the KKK.
(d) Recruit 2 additional members and join the KKK.

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

7. On his way back to Mississippi, what is Lester doing?
(a) Reflecting on his failing marriage.
(b) Reflecting on how he will get Carl Lee to rehire Jake.
(c) Reflecting on how he got off.
(d) Reflecting on how he can help Carl Lee pay for legal services.

8. 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.

9. What is the reaction to the press conference?
(a) It is a short clip on the 10:00 p.m. broadcast, and a short column with no photo in the back pages.
(b) Primarily on TV news, and little in the newspapers.
(c) It is a TV news hit, and the Hailey family photo appears on the front page.
(d) Nothing local, only in Jackson, Memphis, Atlanta and elsewhere.

10. When Lucien Wilbanks inherited the family law firm in 1965, what does he keep?
(a) A brank new Ford Mustang.
(b) His father's entire legal staff.
(c) His father's favorite hunting rifles.
(d) His father's favorite secretary, Ethel Twitty.

11. 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?
(a) That he was tired and had not gotten enough sleep.
(b) That he was drunk.
(c) That he was still in his office and eating takeout food.
(d) That he had jut awoken from a deep sleep.

12. When does Agee agree to get the "love offering" funds for the Hailey family to Gwen?
(a) When Carl Lee threatens to tell everyone of Agee's dirty dealings.
(b) When Jake threatens to prosecute.
(c) When Ozzie says he could tell the church of his stolen car, DUI, and funeral home kickbicks.
(d) When Ozzie threatens to arrest him.

13. When Bo Marsharfsky calls requesting Jake to be his local associate, what is his response?
(a) Considers it briefly, then declines.
(b) Says nothing, and slams the phone down.
(c) Agrees.
(d) Refuses, accuses him of solicitation, and threatens to report or have him reviewed by grand jury.

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

15. What does Ozzie do after he is tipped off three minutes after midnight on July 12 that the Brigance home is to be blown up within three hours?
(a) Awakens Jake, and instructs him to take up a position with his rifle.
(b) Awakens Jake, and instructs him to take his family to the airport.
(c) Ignores the tip.
(d) Awakens Jake, and instructs him to send his family into hiding.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jake informs Ellen of the threats received by phone, the bombing attempt, and other dangers the job may entail, what is her response?

2. Carla and Jake, raised as Baptist and Methodist respectively, have agreed to become what?

3. After Jake tells Ethel to shut up or quit when she informs him about his $4,000 in unpaid bills, less than $1,900 in the bank, and his failure to see clients or drop off promised files, what does she do?

4. What have local attorneys dubbed Judge Omar Noose?

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

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