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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. On the morning of the day he first meets Ellen, what is it Jake recalls Carla could tell during their phone conversation the night before?
(a) That he was still in his office and eating takeout food.
(b) That he was drunk.
(c) That he had jut awoken from a deep sleep.
(d) That he was tired and had not gotten enough sleep.

2. 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.

3. Where is the Ku Klux Klan meeting when Freddie Cobb, Billy Ray's brother, is stipulating to the Imperial Wizard that that they must get involved?
(a) In a barn on an abandoned farm, 20 miles outside Vicksburg.
(b) In a warehouse in an industrial park, late at night.
(c) Deep in the woods of Durham County, 125 miles northeast of Clanton.
(d) Deep in the woods of Nettles County, 230 miles south of Clanton.

4. When does Agee agree to get the "love offering" funds for the Hailey family to Gwen?
(a) When Ozzie threatens to arrest him.
(b) When Ozzie says he could tell the church of his stolen car, DUI, and funeral home kickbicks.
(c) When Jake threatens to prosecute.
(d) When Carl Lee threatens to tell everyone of Agee's dirty dealings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How have Lucien and Harry Rex advised Jake regarding selection of women for the jury?

3. On his way back to Mississippi, what is Lester doing?

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. What do the participants chant at the rally?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Judge Noose impose a gag order?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does a convoy of buses enter Clanton?

8. What are some Jake's unethical practices?

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

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

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