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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ellen on her way to Oxford on the evening of the shooting?
(a) She is intentionally run off the road by a sedan.
(b) She is pulled over by a vehicle with flashing blue lights.
(c) She is intentionally run off the road by a pickup truck.
(d) She has a motor vehicle accident.

2. Amongst some of the questions Buckley asks regarding Bass's identity, what is the crime Buckley ask Bass has been convicted of?
(a) Driving Under the Influence.
(b) Theft.
(c) Statutory Rape.
(d) Fraud.

3. When Jake objects as Lucien broaches the topic of buying a jury, the latter reminds him of what?
(a) He has no morals and can raise the money from friends.
(b) He has more money than he cares for and no morals or ethics.
(c) The other side is playing dirty, so Jake needs to as well.
(d) He has few morals and can get money for the hung jury from friends.

4. Jake knows Judge Noose will feel how about the National Guard being called in?
(a) Furious that he was not consulted.
(b) Understanding it is the mayor's job to ensure city safety, not the judge's.
(c) Glad that another measure to ensure safety was taken.
(d) Wishing he had been consulted, but not upset.

5. How is the riot quelled?
(a) State Troopers arrive on scene.
(b) Additional Ford County deputies arrive on scene.
(c) Deputies from an adjacent county arrive on scene.
(d) Three deputies fire their revolvers into the air.

6. When Jake seeks a change of venue from Judge Noose and is told nothing would be done except removing 20 intimidated jurors, Jake learns what?
(a) It is going to be a very uphill trial.
(b) He can use the refusal to change venue for a mistrial if necessary.
(c) Lucien is right, someone got to Judge Noose.
(d) Someone did not get to the judge, but others have been gotten to.

7. Despite the urging of his friends, Jake is determined to do what?
(a) Stay in town a few days while he has the media in palm of his hands.
(b) Take time off to be by himself to think things out.
(c) Go to see Ellen Roark and Woody Maclenvale.
(d) Fly to be with Carla and Hanna.

8. Who does Jake learn Wanda Womack lives with?
(a) Willie Hastings.
(b) Mack Loyd Crowell.
(c) Clyde Sisco.
(d) Percy Bullard.

9. Who likely holds the outcome of the Carl Lee trial in the palm of his hand?
(a) Lucien.
(b) Jake.
(c) The Ford County Klan leader.
(d) Noose.

10. 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?
(a) A fair trial is not being held.
(b) The record shows that the trial is being held in "a three-ring circus."
(c) Judge Noose is clearly not taking an impartial position.
(d) The trial is being held in violation of Mississippi State Statues.

11. At noon, when the court assembles and finds the jury has not reached a verdict, the judge advises them to do what?
(a) Take a ninety-minute lunch without deliberation.
(b) Take an hour lunch without deliberation.
(c) Have lunch while they continue deliberation.
(d) Skip lunch and continue deliberation.

12. During the trial on the fifth day, Lucien avoids eye contact with Sisco for what reason?
(a) He knows there is no way to get the figure Sisco has set.
(b) He is confident there is a good chance for victory.
(c) He knows a wink or nod will consummate the deal.
(d) He wants to barter with Sisco on the price.

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

14. What are the bored jurors doing by the evening of the third day after the phones have been removed from their rooms?
(a) Swimming in the motel pool, reading magazines, and playing cards.
(b) Cooling off in the motel pool, drinking sodas, and playing cards.
(c) Reading magazines, buying sodas from a machine, and playing cards.
(d) Buying sodas from a machine, playing cards, and discussing the case.

15. Subsequent to Bass's testimony, what does Jake do when the lawyers are summoned to the judge's chambers?
(a) Has Harry Rex go back to the office and grab a file.
(b) Passes Carl Lee without being able to look at him.
(c) Stops in a restroom enroute and vomits.
(d) Grabs a shot of bourbon from Lucien's pocket flask.

Short Answer Questions

1. What questions does Jake ask of Cobb's and Willard's respective mothers during cross-examination?

2. What is Clyde Sisco's price?

3. When Murphy, the janitor, is called as a witness of the state on the afternoon of the fourth day, it is a gut-wrenching ordeal for what reason?

4. On Saturday morning following the shooting attack he survived, Jake surmises that both Lucien and Bass were drunk yesterday and driven home by Deputy Nesbit, and while he drinks a Bloody Mary, Jake prays what?

5. In questioning jurors individually in chambers as to their position on the death penalty, one black male lies and is allowed to remain, and he later does what?

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