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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. While the trio is at lunch on the day of opening statements, and Jake is in the restroom, Ellen describes Jake as the best she has seen, but qualifies that view how?
(a) "Considering how nervous he is."
(b) "For his age."
(c) "Considering his law school."
(d) "Given his experience."

2. While Jake and Ellen are working on various issues of the case, whom do they invite to join them on the balcony of the law office?
(a) Deputy Nesbit.
(b) Ozzie Walls.
(c) Harry Rex.
(d) Lucien.

3. Subsequent to Bass's testimony, what does Jake do when the lawyers are summoned to the judge's chambers?
(a) Passes Carl Lee without being able to look at him.
(b) Stops in a restroom enroute and vomits.
(c) Has Harry Rex go back to the office and grab a file.
(d) Grabs a shot of bourbon from Lucien's pocket flask.

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?
(a) Carla used the Saab to drive to Wilmington, and hers is now burned.
(b) The Saab is having mechanical work done.
(c) Jake has let Carla use it to drive to the airport.
(d) They fear the Saab would be a target.

5. Ellen has done a masterful job of the M'Naghten brief, summarizing what into seventy-five pages directly applicable to the Hailey trial?
(a) A quarter century of legal history.
(b) A half century of legal history.
(c) A century and a half of legal history.
(d) A century of legal history.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Monday morning, Clanton is in "trial mode" as the Klan is happy having burned down Jake's home and what else?

2. Looking out a window at the black protesters, Barry Acker realizes a guilty verdict will bring a riot and what will transpire?

3. What question does Jake ask of Ozzie during cross-examination that Buckley wildly objects to and Jake withdraws, but Ozzie has already nodded affirmatively to?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. On the second day of the trial, what happens to Gerald Ault, Jake's "ace-in-the-hole"?

2. What issues did Lucien face in bringing thousands of black protesters to Clanton?

3. Why do the jurors feel more incarcerated than safe?

4. What does the reader learn was key to the jury being swayed to finding an innocent by reason of insanity verdict?

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

6. Why is Lucien able to draw thousands of black residents from northern Mississippi to Clanton to demonstrate on behalf of Carl Lee?

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

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

9. When the case is given to the jury, where do the members stand?

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

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