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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. Where does Judge Noose advise the jurors they will be sequestered?
(a) In the Clanton Inn on Main Street.
(b) They will not be sequestered, but are not to discuss the case with anyone.
(c) They will be sequestered in the courthouse with National Guard security.
(d) In a motel outside Clanton.

2. Why is Lucien furious on the morning of the shooting attempt to kill Jake?
(a) The National Guard did not check out the silo amongst other locations.
(b) That someone has attempted to take Jake's life.
(c) The National Guard colonel waited before senting someone to check.
(d) He has kept Dr. Bass sober all night and his testimony will be postponed.

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?
(a) He was close to Cobb, and had a difficult time keeping his composure.
(b) He stutters and spits in response to the questions for an hour.
(c) He was afraid of being questioned, and was nearly in tears for an hour.
(d) He was close to Willard, and had a difficult time keeping his composure.

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?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

5. How does Hinky Myrick raise money during the Carl Lee trial?
(a) Selling sandwiches and plate lunches at exhorbitant prices in the courtroom.
(b) Selling sandwiches, plate lunches at exhorbitant prices on the front lawn.
(c) Selling sandwiches and plate lunches at cheap prices to the National Guard.
(d) Selling sandwiches, plate lunches at reasonable prices to media outdoors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Carl Lee opens a courtroom window with a small balcony and the deputy nods?

2. On Monday, during the fifteen minute recess after Rodeheaver's testimony, Jake runs up to the law library where Harry Rex is already, and he assures Jake of what?

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

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

5. How is the riot quelled?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. What happens between Jake and Ellen on the balcony of Jake's office?

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