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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. Following Jake's closing before the jury, he and Lucien are drinking on Lucien's front porch where Deputy Nesbit helps himself to what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Beer.
(d) Vodka.

2. Who has previously witnessed a KKK march in Clanton?
(a) One march in the very early 60's.
(b) Those alive in the 30's.
(c) Only some very elderly.
(d) No one now alive.

3. When Jake seeks a change of venue from Judge Noose and is told nothing would be done except removing 20 intimidated jurors, Jake learns what?
(a) It is going to be a very uphill trial.
(b) He can use the refusal to change venue for a mistrial if necessary.
(c) Lucien is right, someone got to Judge Noose.
(d) Someone did not get to the judge, but others have been gotten to.

4. Who is the first victim to fall in the riot at the courthouse?
(a) Lester Hailey.
(b) Reverend Agee.
(c) Freddie Cobb.
(d) Ozzie Walls.

5. Who do the Northern Mississippi black residents recognize as the single white radical NAACP attorney in their region?
(a) Sheldon Roark.
(b) Jake Brigance.
(c) Norman Reinfeld.
(d) Lucien Wilbanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. While they await the jury's verdict from Jake's office, what does Lucien confirm as he spins tales regarding his family's heritage?

2. When the word gets out that the jury is ready, what does Reverend Agee do with the demonstrators?

3. On Friday, day five of the trial, Ozzie and Deputy Nesbit wake Jake before 5:00 a.m. to inform him "Mickey Mouse" has reported what?

4. Who is wounded when Jake is escorted from his office to the courthouse on Friday morning, the fifth day?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is everyone relieved when Jake declines to question Murphy, the janitor, in cross-examination?

2. How is Jake's closing argument indicative of it being his finest hour?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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