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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. When Bo Marsharfsky calls requesting Jake to be his local associate, what is his response?
(a) Says nothing, and slams the phone down.
(b) Refuses, accuses him of solicitation, and threatens to report or have him reviewed by grand jury.
(c) Considers it briefly, then declines.
(d) Agrees.

2. What are the six capital defense attorneys of the NAACP known as?
(a) The "last chance squad."
(b) The "death squad."
(c) The "defense squad."
(d) The "always win team."

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

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

5. How long does it take Sheriff Ozzie Walls to obtain arrest warrants for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 20 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a Memphis TV crew requests to be allowed to film the trial, what does Judge Willard Bullard do?

2. How does Carl Lee compare killing the white men who raped his daughter with killing the "gooks" in Vietnam?

3. How does Jake Brigance view the Carl Lee Hailey murder trial?

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

5. Why does Jake threaten to fire his secretary Ethel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is a significant plot development in Chapter 5?

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