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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. Who is wounded when Jake is escorted from his office to the courthouse on Friday morning, the fifth day?
(a) Deputy Nesbit.
(b) Jake.
(c) A National Guardsman.
(d) Ozzie.

2. When Jake objects as Lucien broaches the topic of buying a jury, the latter reminds him of what?
(a) The other side is playing dirty, so Jake needs to as well.
(b) He has no morals and can raise the money from friends.
(c) He has few morals and can get money for the hung jury from friends.
(d) He has more money than he cares for and no morals or ethics.

3. After going to the lake with Harry Rex, Jake visits Lucien and discovers what?
(a) Lucien is passed out, but has nearly finished Jake's summation.
(b) Lucien has been drinking and working on Jake's summation.
(c) Lucien is sober and working on Jake's summation.
(d) Lucien is drunk and is working on Jake's summation.

4. On Monday morning, Clanton is in "trial mode" as the Klan is happy having burned down Jake's home and what else?
(a) They sense victoy with the all-white jury.
(b) They sense victory with the attack on Ellen Roark.
(c) They sense victory following the exposure of Bass.
(d) They sense victory with Jake not coming to court on Friday.

5. When Lucien gets the opportunity to discuss Sisco's offer with Jake, what does he state the cost will be?
(a) $25,000 for a hung jury, $50,000 for an acquittal.
(b) $2,500 for a hung jury, $5,000 for an acquittal.
(c) $250,000 for a hung jury, $500,000 for an acquital.
(d) $50,000 for an acquittal is the only offer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Deputy Looney describe Carl Lee?

2. When two dozen Klansmen arrive on the first morning of the trial in full regalia, what happens?

3. On the evening before the trial begins, Ellen arrives at Jake's office suite carrying a thick, professional brief regarding the rape admissibility issue and begins to do what?

4. When the trial resumes following the brief recess, why does Jake decline to question Rodeheaver?

5. Who do the Northern Mississippi black residents recognize as the single white radical NAACP attorney in their region?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. On Monday, the first morning of the trial, what positions does Jake direct Ellen and Harry Rex, his two assistants, to assume?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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