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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 Saturday morning, the day after Jake was shot at, the rumor in Clanton is that the shooters claim to be whom?
(a) Klansmen.
(b) Jake's former clients.
(c) "Freelancers" from outside Mississippi.
(d) Sisson family members.

2. When two dozen Klansmen arrive on the first morning of the trial in full regalia, what happens?
(a) Deputies usher to their "turf" out front, and tell them they may stay if there is no trouble.
(b) They are instructed they may only stay without KKK regalia.
(c) National Guardsmen usher them away.
(d) They are advised by Sheriff Walls that they may stay, but not if hooded.

3. What questions does Jake ask of Cobb's and Willard's respective mothers during cross-examination?
(a) Jake opted not to cross-examine.
(b) How many convictions did their sons have respectively?
(c) Has either been convicted of rape?
(d) How many other children their sons raped, was Cobb convicted of selling marijuana?

4. What does Jake say to the judge after Ozzie explains what has taken place to Noose?
(a) He will be in, but not for an hour, as he needs to shower and change.
(b) He will not be in today, he will be drunk by afternoon, and he will be in Saturday.
(c) He will be in as soon as he showers, changes, and the area is secured.
(d) He will be in this afternoon, not this morning.

5. When Jake has Ellen focus on Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver, the state's mental expert, he asks her to center on cases where acquittals resulted because he suspects what?
(a) He has some shady connections.
(b) He is reluctant to declare anyone "insane."
(c) He has always been siding with the state.
(d) He has never declared a black person "insane."

Short Answer Questions

1. Amongst some of the questions Buckley asks regarding Bass's identity, what is the crime Buckley ask Bass has been convicted of?

2. When Jake and Harry Rex arrive at the Memphis hospital to visit Ellen, her father, Sheldon Roark, explains what about the injuries to her head that required thirty-nine stitches?

3. When Murphy, the janitor, is called as a witness of the state on the afternoon of the fourth day, it is a gut-wrenching ordeal for what reason?

4. Ellen has done a masterful job of the M'Naghten brief, summarizing what into seventy-five pages directly applicable to the Hailey trial?

5. When Jake addresses the jury, what does he first apologize for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Beyond the cost of a human life and loss for loved ones and associates, what are some of the significant ramifications of Tim Nunley's death?

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

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

4. What transpires when Jake requests a change of venue in chambers on Monday, the first day of court?

5. Upon arrival at the hospital to visit Ellen following the Ku Klux Klan attack, how does her father describe to Jake and Harry Rex the way she incurred injuries to the head requiring thirty-nine stitches?

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

7. What does Jake do on the balcony of his office after he returns from the Coffee Shop on the day the jurors deliver their verdict?

8. Why is Jake essentially lost in court the day he returned after being shot at?

9. What happens when Jake requests a change of venue from Judge Noose following the riot and cross-burnings?

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

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