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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. What does Lucien tell Jake regarding the summation?
(a) He can still win; miracles do happen.
(b) Nevermind Bass's condition, the jury might still rule temporary insanity.
(c) He might get the verdict down to second degree homicide.
(d) He might be able to get the verdict down to manslaughter.

2. When two dozen Klansmen arrive on the first morning of the trial in full regalia, what happens?
(a) They are advised by Sheriff Walls that they may stay, but not if hooded.
(b) They are instructed they may only stay without KKK regalia.
(c) Deputies usher to their "turf" out front, and tell them they may stay if there is no trouble.
(d) National Guardsmen usher them away.

3. 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?
(a) Black people outnumber the Klan 10-1.
(b) Black people outnumber the Klan 2-1.
(c) Black people outnumber the Klan 15-1.
(d) Black people outnumber the Klan 5-1.

4. During the closing statement to the jury, what does Jake say that must be withdrawn?
(a) A child cannot understand the reason for the attack.
(b) A murder victim is released, and a rape victim deals with it the rest of her life.
(c) In Carl Lee's shoes, Jake would blow Cobb's and Willard's heads off.
(d) Tonya will never bear children.

5. Why is Carl Lee aghast when the jury is finally seated?
(a) It is all-white, 10 women and 2 men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(b) It is all-white, 12 women and no men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(c) It is all-white, 11 women and 1 man, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(d) It is all-white, 9 women and 3 men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ellen has done a masterful job of the M'Naghten brief, summarizing what into seventy-five pages directly applicable to the Hailey trial?

3. Jake knows Judge Noose will feel how about the National Guard being called in?

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

5. Where does Judge Noose advise the jurors they will be sequestered?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. How do Harry Rex's pickup and Jake's Saab reflect more than a matter of taste, but of personality?

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

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

8. What transpires when Clyde Acker walks for a cola at the Temple Inn?

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

10. How are the twelve jurors and two alternates sequestered?

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