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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 knows Judge Noose will feel how about the National Guard being called in?
(a) Furious that he was not consulted.
(b) Wishing he had been consulted, but not upset.
(c) Understanding it is the mayor's job to ensure city safety, not the judge's.
(d) Glad that another measure to ensure safety was taken.

2. As the Mississippi Imperial Wizard of the Klan speaks from the podium, there are 40 Klansmen marching at the courthouse and how many black people?
(a) Black people outnumber the Klan 10-1.
(b) Black people outnumber the Klan 15-1.
(c) Black people outnumber the Klan 2-1.
(d) Black people outnumber the Klan 5-1.

3. What is Wanda Womack's position?
(a) She did not feel right about a guilty vote, but would if necessary.
(b) She is concerned for the safety of everyone and is not sure how to vote.
(c) She would only vote guilty if everyone else did.
(d) She would sit until Christmas, but never give in to a guilty verdict.

4. Amongst some of the questions Buckley asks regarding Bass's identity, what is the crime Buckley ask Bass has been convicted of?
(a) Statutory Rape.
(b) Theft.
(c) Driving Under the Influence.
(d) Fraud.

5. When the trial resumes following the brief recess, why does Jake decline to question Rodeheaver?
(a) He has never won an argument with an expert.
(b) He rarely wins arguments with experts.
(c) He has only once won an argument with an expert.
(d) He often wins arguments with experts, but is not confident this time.

Short Answer Questions

1. On day two of the proceedings, how does the morning begin and where are all the "players" situated?

2. The night of Stump Sisson's death, the KKK meet in the woods, pledge revenge, and induct how many new Klan members from Ford County?

3. Back at his office, what does Jake drink while his friends drink margaritas?

4. Why do Jake and Harry Rex go to the lake in the latter's pickup truck rather than the former's Saab after going to Memphis to visit the hospital?

5. Who has previously witnessed a KKK march in Clanton?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jake when the National Guard arrive?

2. In Chapter 37, how does the consumption or abuse of alcohol come into play?

3. What transpires when Clyde Acker walks for a cola at the Temple Inn?

4. Shortly after midnight, following the riot in the courthouse square, what do five teams of the KKK do?

5. What transpires as the forty Ku Klux Klansmen arrive to demonstrate at the courthouse where the black protesters held their vigil?

6. How is Jake's closing argument indicative of it being his finest hour?

7. What are some of the changes in perspective the Carl Lee Hailey trial has had on Jake?

8. What happens on the Saturday morning when "Mickey Mouse" tips Ozzie the Klan plan a multi-state retaliation for the Thursday riot?

9. Just past midnight of the day Dr. Bass was questioned, what does Jake discover when driven to his home due to an emergency?

10. How does Grisham depict Jake's response to the soldier who is seriously injured for protecting him?

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