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

2. Buckley's opening statement runs an hour and a half, and Jake's opening is how long?
(a) Half an hour.
(b) Three quarters of an hour.
(c) 14 minutes.
(d) One hour.

3. What does Jake not tell Carla about in his hour long phone conversation with her Sunday, the evening of the day he returns from Memphis with Harry Rex?
(a) The attack against Ellen.
(b) The house burning.
(c) That things look very bad.
(d) That the National Guardsman is paralyzed.

4. What does Jake say to the judge after Ozzie explains what has taken place to Noose?
(a) He will be in this afternoon, not this morning.
(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, but not for an hour, as he needs to shower and change.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Jake when the National Guard arrive?

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

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

6. What offer does Lucien make to Jake regarding the jury that he objects to?

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

8. How do Buckley's and Jake's approaches differ?

9. What happens when Ellen first arrives at Jake's office on the Sunday the National Guard arrives?

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

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