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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. Who begs Sheriff Ozzie Walls to reopen the local "tonks"?
(a) The local AA director.
(b) Parents of young children.
(c) The schoolboard members.
(d) The local ministers.

2. After her refusal to give the juror list to Jake, what does Jean Gillespie do when he reminds her of previously helping with her family and her reelection?
(a) Jean is not concerned.
(b) She still refuses, and cries after Jake storms out.
(c) Jean is sorry Jake storms out, but feels he will calm down.
(d) Jean refuses and apologizes, but says that she has no alternative.

3. What is Jake Brigance accustomed to doing on his office balcony?
(a) Have a shot of quality bourbon.
(b) Light a cigar.
(c) Play his harmonica.
(d) Have a cup of coffee.

4. Following Carl Lee's preliminary hearing, what does Jake attempt to do in the interview with New York Times reporter McKittrick?
(a) Get McKittrick to comprehend the danger and threat of the KKK.
(b) Get McKittrick to comprehend the complexity of murder cases.
(c) Get McKittrick to comprehend the reality of racism and other biases throughout the nation.
(d) Get McKittrick to comprehend the intricacies of this case.

5. After Jake tells Ethel to shut up or quit when she informs him about his $4,000 in unpaid bills, less than $1,900 in the bank, and his failure to see clients or drop off promised files, what does she do?
(a) She tearfully explains about the threatening phone calls, and her husband's ill health.
(b) She yells she has put up with his childishness long enough.
(c) She angrily responds by throwing papers and storming out.
(d) She firmly states he could find no replacement to last a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Jake calls Lester in Chicago?

2. Jake's friend Harry Rex Vonner tells him the grand jury voted how on the Hailey indictment?

3. What does Ozzie do after he is tipped off three minutes after midnight on July 12 that the Brigance home is to be blown up within three hours?

4. When interviewed by TV journalists the day before Carl Lee's preliminary hearing, what does Jake tell them a Mississippi jury has as options when trying capital murder?

5. Since Jake insists he will not be a "gofer" for the NAACP, what is the response when Carl Lee asks what will happen to the $20,000 defense fund if he uses only Jake?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Billy Ray Cobb's brother, Freddie, approach in seeking revenge, and what is the result?

3. In what ways does John Grisham show that Jake relishes being back on center stage once he is Carl Lee's attorney?

4. What are some of the efforts made in Clanton in preparation for the trial?

5. What sort of a lawman is Sheriff Ozzie Walls?

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

7. What are the positions taken by Jake and Carla when he suggests he will contact Lester, Carl Lee's brother, after the latter fires him?

8. What transpires between Carl Lee and Deputy Looney while the latter is still hospitalized, and how does Jake respond?

9. What sort of an attorney is Harry Rex Vonner?

10. Why does the name of Clyde Sisco cause some stir during Jake's jury strategy team session in Chapter 29?

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