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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What questions does Jake ask of Cobb's and Willard's respective mothers during cross-examination?
(a) Has either been convicted of rape?
(b) Jake opted not to cross-examine.
(c) How many other children their sons raped, was Cobb convicted of selling marijuana?
(d) How many convictions did their sons have respectively?

4. Who is wounded when Jake is escorted from his office to the courthouse on Friday morning, the fifth day?
(a) Ozzie.
(b) A National Guardsman.
(c) Deputy Nesbit.
(d) Jake.

5. Ellen has done a fine job preparing the doctor, including a twenty-five-page dialogue of the questions Jake will ask, and the answers for whom?
(a) Dr. W. T. Blast, retired pediatrician.
(b) Dr. T. W. Bass, retired podiatrist.
(c) Dr. W. T. Bass, retired psychologist.
(d) Dr. W. T. Bass, retired psychiatrist.

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

7. While they await the jury's verdict from Jake's office, what does Lucien confirm as he spins tales regarding his family's heritage?
(a) As a teen, his family paid his first love's family to move away.
(b) Ethel's daughter was Lucien's half-sister who died shortly after birth.
(c) Ethel is his mother.
(d) Ethel's retarded son is his half-brother.

8. On day two of the proceedings, how does the morning begin and where are all the "players" situated?
(a) Hot and sunny, with all 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) Drizzling and warm, with many diligently taking places on the front lawn.

9. 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) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

10. 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) Beer.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Wine.

11. When the word gets out that the jury is ready, what does Reverend Agee do with the demonstrators?
(a) He calms them to order, and has them pray for an acquittal.
(b) Stirs the demonstrators, and has them chant "Free Carl Lee."
(c) Attempts to calm the demonstrators with no success.
(d) Calls them to order, and has them sing "We Shall Overcome" calmly.

12. While the trio is at lunch on the day of opening statements, and Jake is in the restroom, Ellen describes Jake as the best she has seen, but qualifies that view how?
(a) "Considering how nervous he is."
(b) "For his age."
(c) "Given his experience."
(d) "Considering his law school."

13. 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) Did either verbally confess prior to death?
(b) Whether Pete Willard signed a confession prior to his death?
(c) Did Pete Willard agree to sign a confession for leniency prior to death?
(d) Whether either Cobb or Willard signed a confession prior to death?

14. 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 copies of the brief.
(d) Make coffee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ellen on her way to Oxford on the evening of the shooting?

2. Some of the patrons in the Coffee Shop speculate what about a reporter from the Channel 4 News?

3. As thousands of black protesters congregate outside the courthouse and the jury assembles, Foreman Acker reflects on what?

4. When the jury is impaneled, Jake, Harry Rex, and Ellen are in agreement about what?

5. When Jake objects as Lucien broaches the topic of buying a jury, the latter reminds him of what?

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