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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. Why does Jake decide to stay out of the Coffee Shop?
(a) He got into an argument with his favorite waitress.
(b) Since being fired, he regrets the TV footage, and wants to avoid locals.
(c) The manager asked him to because he represented Carl Lee and business was down.
(d) He had a bad breakfast there one morning and got sick.

2. During their picnic, what is Carl Lee's response when Gwen questions him about his commitment to bring in a few hundred dollars to make ends meet?
(a) He firmly repeats that he will see what he can do.
(b) He remains silent.
(c) He states he is doing the best he can.
(d) He reminds her he is still the man of the family.

3. How is Ford County Sheriff viewed by the local citizenry?
(a) He is not respected nor loved by many black or white residents.
(b) He is respected and loved by black residents primarily, not white residents.
(c) He is respected and loved by virtually all, both black and white residents.
(d) He is respected and loved by white residents primarily, not black residents.

4. Sheriff Walls is concerned about Carl Lee's safety and comes up with what plan for transporting him to the courthouse on the day of his preliminary hearing?
(a) Finds a prisoner resembling Carl Lee, and has him transported in another cruiser for reporters to follow.
(b) Finds a prisoner resembling Carl Lee, and has him break and run for reporters to chase.
(c) Finds a prisoner resembling Carl Lee, and has him transported with Carl Lee.
(d) Has Carl Lee dressed as deputy with toy gun in holster, and transported in the front seat of cruiser.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. During the meeting of Jake's jury strategy team, what do the black citizens do?

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

5. Norman Reinfeld, the thirty-year-old Jewish supervisor of the NAACP defense team, graduated from which law school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. Why does John Grisham open his story with such horrific detail of the crime?

6. Why is Carl Lee reluctant to rehire Jake?

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

8. What sort of an attorney is Harry Rex Vonner?

9. What is Ellen Roark's response to Jake when he quizzes her on her credentials?

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

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