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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Judge Bullard do to calm his nerves?
2. Jake Brigance advises deputies that Billy Ray Cobb could receive life plus 40 years if he is convicted on all charges, and could be paroled how soon if Tonya lives?
3. Norman Reinfeld, the thirty-year-old Jewish supervisor of the NAACP defense team, graduated from which law school?
4. How does Carl Lee compare killing the white men who raped his daughter with killing the "gooks" in Vietnam?
5. During one phone call to Carla shortly prior to the trial, whose situation is Jake careful not to bring up?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are the key characters depicted as selfish and self-centered in Chapter 24?
2. How does Rufus Buckley make use of the illegally-obtained jury list?
3. What are some Jake's unethical practices?
4. What do readers learn about Jake Brigance in Chapter 8?
5. How does Jake skillfully manipulate the media immediately following Carl Lee's arraignment?
6. What are the positions taken by Jake and Carla when he suggests he will contact Lester, Carl Lee's brother, after the latter fires him?
7. What is a significant plot development in Chapter 5?
8. What illegal methods does Ozzie employ to gain information from the suspected bomber?
9. What transpires between Carl Lee and Deputy Looney while the latter is still hospitalized, and how does Jake respond?
10. What is Ellen Roark's response to Jake when he quizzes her on her credentials?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Freddie Cobb arrives at the Ku Klux Klan meeting in Nettles County, he attempts to gain their help in retaliation for his brother's murder. How do Klan members view Billy Ray's murder? How will they accomplish this? What is the outcome of their peaceful demonstration outside the Clanton Courthouse? Examine the KKK's actions in this story, as well as the consequences.
Essay Topic 2
The story is staged around a murder trial where a number of the key characters are attorneys. The author, John Grisham, is himself an attorney. How does he use his legal expertise in writing "A Time to Kill"? How is it reflected in the depiction of legal maneuvering, selection of the jury, legal and illegal tactics, use of associates for research in preparing for court, courtroom styles, actions in the judge's chambers, and other judicial aspects?
Essay Topic 3
Provide examples from the text where John Grisham utilizes the language and culture of the south to place the reader in the small, Mississippi town of Clanton.
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