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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Monday morning, Clanton is in "trial mode" as the Klan is happy having burned down Jake's home and what else?
(a) They sense victoy with the all-white jury.
(b) They sense victory following the exposure of Bass.
(c) They sense victory with the attack on Ellen Roark.
(d) They sense victory with Jake not coming to court on Friday.

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

3. What is Lucien's advice to Jake regarding fear?
(a) Take a healty shot of bourbon to calm his nerves.
(b) He should welcome it, as jurors are afraid as well.
(c) Jake has prepared well, and so he need not worry.
(d) Put it out of his mind and concentrate on legal matters.

4. How does Deputy Looney describe Carl Lee?
(a) "For what he did, he deserves life."
(b) "He's a killer. He's worthy of death."
(c) "He's a hero. Give him a trophy."
(d) "It was an accident. But he deserves some prison time."

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

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

7. Buckley's opening statement runs an hour and a half, and Jake's opening is how long?
(a) 14 minutes.
(b) One hour.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) Three quarters of an hour.

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

9. What is Wanda Womack's position?
(a) She did not feel right about a guilty vote, but would if necessary.
(b) She would sit until Christmas, but never give in to a guilty verdict.
(c) She would only vote guilty if everyone else did.
(d) She is concerned for the safety of everyone and is not sure how to vote.

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

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

12. Who aids Ellen following her plight?
(a) Ozzie.
(b) Jake.
(c) "Mickey Mouse."
(d) Deputy Nesbitt.

13. As the Mississippi Imperial Wizard of the Klan speaks from the podium, there are 40 Klansmen marching at the courthouse and how many black people?
(a) Black people outnumber the Klan 10-1.
(b) Black people outnumber the Klan 2-1.
(c) Black people outnumber the Klan 5-1.
(d) Black people outnumber the Klan 15-1.

14. Why do Jake and Harry Rex go to the lake in the latter's pickup truck rather than the former's Saab after going to Memphis to visit the hospital?
(a) Carla used the Saab to drive to Wilmington, and hers is now burned.
(b) Jake has let Carla use it to drive to the airport.
(c) The Saab is having mechanical work done.
(d) They fear the Saab would be a target.

15. Looking out a window at the black protesters, Barry Acker realizes a guilty verdict will bring a riot and what will transpire?
(a) They will reach the vans safely.
(b) They will be not be injured.
(c) They will not reach the bus safely.
(d) They will make it out of town with the help of additional National Guard troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the night of the second trial date, Stump Sisson dies, bringing the number of deaths related to Tonya's rape to how many?

2. What does Lucien tell Jake regarding the summation?

3. During the closing statement to the jury, what does Jake say that must be withdrawn?

4. Following three hours of sleep on the morning of the trial, Jake bolts awake and has Deputy Nesbit do what?

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

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