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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jake's view of insurance companies and their lawyers?
(a) Jake understands the need for them, but does not like them.
(b) Jake hates them both.
(c) Jake has defended the insurance side and sees the need.
(d) Jake is jealous and wishes he could be one.

2. Where is Carl Lee seated during the change of venue hearing?
(a) Next to Jake, by his own choice.
(b) Still being examined by doctors.
(c) Carl Lee chose to stay in jail.
(d) Next to Jake, as required by court procedures.

3. What is Lester's local girlfriend's name, and how many children do they have?
(a) Frances, 1.
(b) Iris, 2.
(c) Champagne, 1.
(d) Iris, 1.

4. How do the other prisoners feel about Carl Lee taking meals with the sheriff?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Hateful.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Respectful.

5. How much does the NAACP initially contribute toward the defense of Carl Lee?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $15,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the city's largest black church, with NAACP officials and Gwen Hailey at his side, who announces the Carl Lee Hailey defense fund?

2. How do the members of the council of black ministers arrive for strategic planning regarding the NAACP defense of Carl Lee?

3. What happens when Jake calls Lester in Chicago?

4. On the day before Carl Lee's preliminary hearing, Jake, knowing the grand jurors are not yet selected and will likely see this news broadcast on TV that evening, reminds interviewers of what?

5. What does Sheriff Walls testify during the change of venue hearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John Grisham depict the events taking place in Clanton as carnival-like?

2. How does K.T. "Cat" Bruster's view of truth and justice compare with Carl Lee's?

3. In Chapter 10, what does Lucien advise Jake his best courses of action are in Carl Lee's defense?

4. How are the key characters depicted as selfish and self-centered in Chapter 24?

5. What sort of relationship exists between Sheriff Ozzie Walls and Jake Brigance?

6. What observations on the part of Jake's secretary irritate him to the point he advises her to keep quiet or quit?

7. What is Ellen Roark's response to Jake when he quizzes her on her credentials?

8. Why does John Grisham open his story with such horrific detail of the crime?

9. Why does Judge Noose impose a gag order?

10. What do readers learn about Jake Brigance in Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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