View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Jake wakes with a bad hangover, what does he do?
(a) Sits in the shower for an hour.
(b) Falls on the sofa in his office and wishes he could die.
(c) Falls asleep at his desk.
(d) Sips a large cup of coffee and goes to work.

2. When Lucien Wilbanks inherited the family law firm in 1965, what does he keep?
(a) A brank new Ford Mustang.
(b) His father's favorite hunting rifles.
(c) His father's entire legal staff.
(d) His father's favorite secretary, Ethel Twitty.

3. Who is Rocky Childers?
(a) Tavern owner.
(b) Ford County Sheriff.
(c) Ford County Prosecutor.
(d) Ford County Judge.

4. What have local attorneys dubbed Judge Omar Noose?
(a) Ichabod.
(b) Abe Lincoln.
(c) Yogi Bear.
(d) Mickey Mouse.

5. Ollie Agee, the Hailey's pastor, convenes the Council of Ministers, a board of the local black ministry, which decides to do what?
(a) Initiate a fund and prayer vigil for the Hailey's.
(b) Initiate a defense fund for Carl Lee, a support fund for his family, and bring in the NAACP.
(c) Initiate a defense fund for Carl Lee, a support fund for his family, and security for Hailey's home.
(d) Bring in the NAACP.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ozzie determine what is in the ticking case the stranger has brought to the front porch of of Jake's home?

2. Jake Brigance advises deputies that Billy Ray Cobb could receive life plus 40 years if he is convicted on all charges, and could be paroled how soon if Tonya lives?

3. What does Tonya, who suffers from endless nightmares and is certain that her attackers are after her, insist on?

4. 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?

5. Who is Jake's favorite waitress at the Coffee Shop?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In what ways does John Grisham show that Jake relishes being back on center stage once he is Carl Lee's attorney?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,180 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample