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

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

3. When Jake Brigance confides in Sheriff Walls that Carl Lee Hailey may be planning the murder of Cobb and Willard, what do they speculate about how they might feel?
(a) That they would move so their daughters could start over.
(b) That they might entertain murder.
(c) That they would carefully follow the trial.
(d) That they would not allow their daughters to testify.

4. How much has Jake been paid by Lester Hailey prior to the indictment?
(a) $750.
(b) $900.
(c) $550.
(d) $1,000.

5. At the city's largest black church, with NAACP officials and Gwen Hailey at his side, who announces the Carl Lee Hailey defense fund?
(a) Pastor Malachi Aristotle.
(b) Reverend Amos Oliver.
(c) Reverend Ollie Agee.
(d) Pastor Oster Angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lester's local girlfriend's name, and how many children do they have?

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

3. How much does the NAACP initially contribute toward the defense of Carl Lee?

4. Besides getting names and addresses, what does the Ku Klux Klan advise Freddie Cobb he must do to participate?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Carl Lee reluctant to rehire Jake?

3. How does Jake skillfully manipulate the media immediately following Carl Lee's arraignment?

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

5. What does the reader learn about the Ford County District Attorney in Chapter 7?

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

7. What sort of a lawyer is Jake Brigance?

8. Why does Judge Noose impose a gag order?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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