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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jake and Buckley are in the judge's office the day before the arraignment, what does the former request?
(a) 90 days to prepare.
(b) 120 days to prepare.
(c) 180 days to prepare.
(d) 60 days to prepare.

2. What does Sheriff Walls testify during the change of venue hearing?
(a) The majority of Ford County citizens know all the rape and murder facts, and have their minds made up.
(b) Virtually all Ford County citizens don't know all the rape and murder facts, but have their minds made up.
(c) There are not 12 Ford County citizens that don't have all the rape and murder facts, and their minds are made up.
(d) Most Ford County citizens know most of the rape and murder facts, and have not made their minds up.

3. During one phone call to Carla shortly prior to the trial, whose situation is Jake careful not to bring up?
(a) Reverend Agee's.
(b) Gwem Hailey's.
(c) Ozzie Walls'.
(d) Bud Twitty's.

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

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

6. 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 is white, but has a daughter with a black girlfriend.
(d) Lucien says Sisco owes him, as he got him off of prior charges.

7. A convoy of how many buses carrying elderly blacks converge at the courthouse where Reverend Agee is holding a rally?
(a) 27.
(b) 31.
(c) 42.
(d) 22.

8. How long does it take Sheriff Ozzie Walls to obtain arrest warrants for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 2 hours.

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

10. How do the members of the council of black ministers arrive for strategic planning regarding the NAACP defense of Carl Lee?
(a) In Chevrolets and Dodges.
(b) In Saabs and BMWs.
(c) Primarily in modest-priced vehicles.
(d) In their Cadillacs and Lincolns.

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

12. How does Carl Lee compare killing the white men who raped his daughter with killing the "gooks" in Vietnam?
(a) He regrets the killing in Clanton.
(b) He feels killing both situations were equally necessary.
(c) He feels worse about the killing in Vietnam.
(d) He feels worse about the killing in Mississippi.

13. During the meeting of Jake's jury strategy team, what do the black citizens do?
(a) Maintain a prayer vigil at local black churches.
(b) Maintain a candlelight vigil surrounding the courthouse.
(c) Maintain a candlelight vigil surrounding the courthouse and jail.
(d) Maintain a candlelight vigil surrounding the jail.

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

15. After Ozzie summons Jake to meet with Lester and Carl Lee and Carl Lee rehires Jake because his brother "wants me to," what does Carl Lee say?
(a) Carl Lee states the Sheriff has convinced him Jake is a good choice.
(b) Carl Lee admits he trusts Jake, and wants his services.
(c) Carl Lee persists he is only following Lester's request.
(d) Carl Lee states he does not trust Jake, but trusts the Shark less.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lucien advise Jake he needs to seek a change of venue?

2. What is Carla's reply when Jake asks her if she would convict Carl Lee Hailey for murdering Billy Ray Cobb if she were a jury member?

3. What does Judge Bullard do to calm his nerves?

4. Where did K.T. "Cat" Bruster lose his eye?

5. When does Agee agree to get the "love offering" funds for the Hailey family to Gwen?

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