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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following three hours of sleep on the morning of the trial, Jake bolts awake and has Deputy Nesbit do what?
(a) Take him to Ozzie to review security measures in transporting Carl Lee.
(b) Check the building out as he has heard something suspicious.
(c) Has him drive him to Lucien's home where he left some documents.
(d) Take him home so he can shower and shave.

2. 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) The trial is being held in violation of Mississippi State Statues.
(d) Judge Noose is clearly not taking an impartial position.

3. 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 be not be injured.
(b) They will make it out of town with the help of additional National Guard troops.
(c) They will reach the vans safely.
(d) They will not reach the bus safely.

4. Following Jake's closing before the jury, he and Lucien are drinking on Lucien's front porch where Deputy Nesbit helps himself to what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Beer.

5. How does Hinky Myrick raise money during the Carl Lee trial?
(a) Selling sandwiches, plate lunches at reasonable prices to media outdoors.
(b) Selling sandwiches and plate lunches at exhorbitant prices in the courtroom.
(c) Selling sandwiches and plate lunches at cheap prices to the National Guard.
(d) Selling sandwiches, plate lunches at exhorbitant prices on the front lawn.

6. Ministers start a parade of black protesters behind a fifteen-foot banner that reads what?
(a) "Tonya Is The Victim."
(b) "Free Carl Lee."
(c) "Carl Lee Was Right."
(d) "Free Carl Lee Hailey."

7. When two dozen Klansmen arrive on the first morning of the trial in full regalia, what happens?
(a) Deputies usher to their "turf" out front, and tell them they may stay if there is no trouble.
(b) They are advised by Sheriff Walls that they may stay, but not if hooded.
(c) They are instructed they may only stay without KKK regalia.
(d) National Guardsmen usher them away.

8. As the riot erupts, what is each Klansman armed with?
(a) A broken bottle.
(b) A handgun.
(c) A nightstick.
(d) A knife.

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

10. Do the jurors and alternates attempt to discuss the case in violation of the judge's instructions?
(a) Yes, in same-sex pairs while roomed at the Temple Inn.
(b) Yes, on the bus enroute to the Temple Inn.
(c) Yes, on a pay-phone in the Temple Inn lobby to family.
(d) No.

11. When the jury is impaneled, Jake, Harry Rex, and Ellen are in agreement about what?
(a) It is much better than expected.
(b) It is not as bad as was expected.
(c) Things do not look well.
(d) They are uncertain about some of the members.

12. At one point, talk amongst the jurors gradually leads toward a guilty verdict, based essentially on what?
(a) Rape being worthy of life, but not death.
(b) Carl Lee having used an illegal firearm.
(c) Carl Lee's six days of planning and premeditation.
(d) Carl Lee had an option to await the outcome of Cobb's and Willard's trial.

13. Who else does Jake visit in the Memphis hospital?
(a) Willie MacKenzie, the National Guardsman.
(b) Wallie Macintyre, the National Guardsman.
(c) Woody Mackenvale, the National Guardsman.
(d) Wayne Miller, the National Guardsman.

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

15. 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 15-1.
(d) Black people outnumber the Klan 5-1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Carl Lee aghast when the jury is finally seated?

2. What is the jury's decision?

3. Ellen has done a masterful job of the M'Naghten brief, summarizing what into seventy-five pages directly applicable to the Hailey trial?

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

5. 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?

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