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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 does Jake Brigance drive?
(a) A Jaguar.
(b) A BMW.
(c) A Rolls-Royce.
(d) A Saab.

2. Following his motion to withdraw on Friday, Jake does what?
(a) Advises with Lucien regarding the current status of Carl Lee case.
(b) Slips into the Court Clerk's office and quickly surveys Carl Lee's file.
(c) Confirms with his Court Clerk contact that there is nothing new in Carl Lee's file since withdrawal.
(d) Calls Marsharfsky to become his local associate in Carl Lee case.

3. What illegal item does Carl Lee Hailey request to buy from K.T. "Cat" Bruster?
(a) An automatic M-16.
(b) An automatic M-1 carbine.
(c) A .45 caliber semi-automatic.
(d) An automatic AK-47.

4. Who is Rocky Childers?
(a) Ford County Judge.
(b) Tavern owner.
(c) Ford County Sheriff.
(d) Ford County Prosecutor.

5. Why does Jake threaten to fire his secretary Ethel?
(a) She has repeatedly been late to work and taken long lunch breaks.
(b) She has allowed someone to await his return in his office.
(c) She has allowed calls to come to his office phone before 8:30 a.m.
(d) She has brought individuals to his office before advising of their presence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lucien advise Jake he needs to seek a change of venue?

2. After Ozzie summons Jake to meet with Lester and Carl Lee and Carl Lee rehires Jake because his brother "wants me to," what does Carl Lee say?

3. Where does Ellen sleep after the jury strategy session is over and Jake is followed home by Deputy Nesbit?

4. What is Jake Brigance accustomed to doing on his office balcony?

5. Where did K.T. "Cat" Bruster lose his eye?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the trajectory of Judge Omar Noose's career that has led him to his current status?

2. What does the reader learn in the dialogue between Carl Lee Hailey and Jake Brigance in Chapter 4?

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

4. Despite Jake's seeking a change of venue again, what are the reasons Jake would prefer the trial continue in Ford County?

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

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

7. Why does a convoy of buses enter Clanton?

8. What illegal methods does Ozzie employ to gain information from the suspected bomber?

9. Why is Carl Lee reluctant to rehire Jake?

10. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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