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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the night of the second trial date, Stump Sisson dies, bringing the number of deaths related to Tonya's rape to how many?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. Who has previously witnessed a KKK march in Clanton?
(a) Only some very elderly.
(b) No one now alive.
(c) One march in the very early 60's.
(d) Those alive in the 30's.

4. When the jurors arrive the next morning for further deliberation, how are they taken from the bus to the courthouse?
(a) By deputies through the crowd.
(b) By Ozzie and National Guardsmen through the crowd.
(c) Through a back entrance using two vans instead of a bus.
(d) By National Guardsmen through the crowd.

5. Who is the first victim to fall in the riot at the courthouse?
(a) Reverend Agee.
(b) Lester Hailey.
(c) Ozzie Walls.
(d) Freddie Cobb.

6. How does Jake feel when a patron in the Coffee Shop notes that the black protesters must frighten the jurors?
(a) He hopes there will be no further bloodshed.
(b) He hopes they do.
(c) He hopes they don't.
(d) He is uncertain.

7. What question does Jake ask of Ozzie during cross-examination that Buckley wildly objects to and Jake withdraws, but Ozzie has already nodded affirmatively to?
(a) Whether Pete Willard signed a confession prior to his death?
(b) Did Pete Willard agree to sign a confession for leniency prior to death?
(c) Did either verbally confess prior to death?
(d) Whether either Cobb or Willard signed a confession prior to death?

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

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

10. When the trial resumes following the brief recess, why does Jake decline to question Rodeheaver?
(a) He rarely wins arguments with experts.
(b) He has only once won an argument with an expert.
(c) He often wins arguments with experts, but is not confident this time.
(d) He has never won an argument with an expert.

11. Where do Lucien, Harry Rex, and Jake go after talking with Wanda Womack and Mack Loyd Crowell?
(a) Lucien's.
(b) The Hailey's.
(c) Jake's office.
(d) The Lake.

12. When a juror is jumped by thugs at the Temple Inn, how is he threatened?
(a) At knifepoint; he will watch his family die if there is no conviction.
(b) At knifepoint; they know where his family is if there is no conviction.
(c) At gunpoint; they know where his family is if there is no conviction.
(d) One house has burned; his family's could too if there is no conviction.

13. On day two of the proceedings, how does the morning begin and where are all the "players" situated?
(a) Drizzling and warm, with many diligently taking places on the front lawn.
(b) Breezy, with even more than before taking spots on the front lawn.
(c) Muggy and overcast, with some diligently taking places on the front lawn.
(d) Hot and sunny, with all diligently taking places on the front lawn.

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

15. Where does Deputy Nesbit take Ellen to sleep the night before the trial opens?
(a) She stays at Jakes office suite.
(b) The Sheriff's Departmment.
(c) The Clanton Inn.
(d) Lucien's.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the riot erupts, what is each Klansman armed with?

2. Why is Lucien furious on the morning of the shooting attempt to kill Jake?

3. Who likely holds the outcome of the Carl Lee trial in the palm of his hand?

4. The night of Stump Sisson's death, the KKK meet in the woods, pledge revenge, and induct how many new Klan members from Ford County?

5. After going to the lake with Harry Rex, Jake visits Lucien and discovers what?

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