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

2. Jake's friend Harry Rex Vonner tells him the grand jury voted how on the Hailey indictment?
(a) 11-5.
(b) 13-5.
(c) 10-8.
(d) 12-6.

3. How many murder trials has Jake Brigance served as the defense counsel prior to the preliminary hearing for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

4. How does Ozzie determine what is in the ticking case the stranger has brought to the front porch of of Jake's home?
(a) He threatens to break his ankles.
(b) He handcuffs the man to the gas meter and places the case between his legs.
(c) He threatens to shoot both of his knees.
(d) Ozzie breaks both of the man's ankles.

5. When Jake informs Ellen of the threats received by phone, the bombing attempt, and other dangers the job may entail, what is her response?
(a) She will rely on the Sheriff's Department to protect as needed.
(b) She changes her mind and leaves town.
(c) That she carries licensed, snub-nose protection in her purse.
(d) She is not afraid and will take her chances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have local attorneys dubbed Judge Omar Noose?

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

3. When Bo Marsharfsky calls requesting Jake to be his local associate, what is his response?

4. Several days following his being rehired by Carl Lee, Jake is summoned to Lucien's home to meet whom?

5. When Lucien Wilbanks inherited the family law firm in 1965, what does he keep?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Judge Noose impose a gag order?

2. What are some Jake's unethical practices?

3. How does Rufus Buckley make use of the illegally-obtained jury list?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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