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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ignores the tip.
(c) Awakens Jake, and instructs him to send his family into hiding.
(d) Awakens Jake, and instructs him to take his family to the airport.

2. Where do Rufus Buckley's political ambitions lead him to?
(a) Governorship.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) District Judge.
(d) State Attorney.

3. Why does Jake threaten to fire his secretary Ethel?
(a) She has repeatedly been late to work and taken long lunch breaks.
(b) She has allowed calls to come to his office phone before 8:30 a.m.
(c) She has brought individuals to his office before advising of their presence.
(d) She has allowed someone to await his return in his office.

4. Why does Lucien advise Jake he needs to seek a change of venue?
(a) The chances for a less experienced prosecutor are better.
(b) To get at least one black jury member.
(c) The KKK in Ford County is very strong.
(d) Everyone in Ford County has already made their minds up.

5. Why does Carl Lee fire Jake?
(a) He has an argument with Jake.
(b) Jake could not get him out on bond.
(c) Cat Bruster convinces him to do so.
(d) Carla has received more threats and asks him to.

6. After being threatened by Marsharfsky, Jake does what?
(a) Lights an expensive Caribbean cigar, and writes a complaint regarding Marsharfsky.
(b) Lights a cheap cigar, and writes a complaint regarding Marsharfsky.
(c) Lights an expensive Cuban cigar, and writes a change of venue request.
(d) Lights a cheap cigar, and writes a change of venue request.

7. After her refusal to give the juror list to Jake, what does Jean Gillespie do when he reminds her of previously helping with her family and her reelection?
(a) Jean is not concerned.
(b) Jean is sorry Jake storms out, but feels he will calm down.
(c) Jean refuses and apologizes, but says that she has no alternative.
(d) She still refuses, and cries after Jake storms out.

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

9. What does Jake Brigance drive?
(a) A Rolls-Royce.
(b) A Saab.
(c) A BMW.
(d) A Jaguar.

10. Lester Hailey has driven to Clanton from where?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Pittsburgh.

11. 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?
(a) That they would move so their daughters could start over.
(b) That they would carefully follow the trial.
(c) That they might entertain murder.
(d) That they would not allow their daughters to testify.

12. What are the six capital defense attorneys of the NAACP known as?
(a) The "last chance squad."
(b) The "defense squad."
(c) The "always win team."
(d) The "death squad."

13. How does Ozzie get the bomb defused?
(a) He calls for an explosives expert in the next county to be helicoptered in.
(b) He handcuffs the man to the gas meter and puts the ticking case between his legs.
(c) He has the case carefully taken to a secluded section of woods.
(d) He calls for an explosives expert at the Sheriff's Department.

14. 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 complexity of murder cases.
(b) Get McKittrick to comprehend the intricacies of this case.
(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.

15. Ollie Agee, the Hailey's pastor, convenes the Council of Ministers, a board of the local black ministry, which decides to do what?
(a) Initiate a defense fund for Carl Lee, a support fund for his family, and bring in the NAACP.
(b) Bring in the NAACP.
(c) Initiate a fund and prayer vigil for the Hailey's.
(d) Initiate a defense fund for Carl Lee, a support fund for his family, and security for Hailey's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has received threatening phone calls both at home and in the office?

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

3. 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?

4. Besides getting names and addresses, what does the Ku Klux Klan advise Freddie Cobb he must do to participate?

5. Who is Rocky Childers?

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