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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 is Lester's local girlfriend's name, and how many children do they have?

2. Lester Hailey has driven to Clanton from where?

3. How does Jake Brigance view the Carl Lee Hailey murder trial?

4. What does Jake Brigance drive?

5. Why does Jake threaten to fire his secretary Ethel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Billy Ray Cobb's brother, Freddie, approach in seeking revenge, and what is the result?

2. What observations on the part of Jake's secretary irritate him to the point he advises her to keep quiet or quit?

3. What is Ellen Roark's response to Jake when he quizzes her on her credentials?

4. Why does a convoy of buses enter Clanton?

5. How does K.T. "Cat" Bruster's view of truth and justice compare with Carl Lee's?

6. How does Jake skillfully manipulate the media immediately following Carl Lee's arraignment?

7. What transpires between Carl Lee and Deputy Looney while the latter is still hospitalized, and how does Jake respond?

8. Why does the name of Clyde Sisco cause some stir during Jake's jury strategy team session in Chapter 29?

9. 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?

10. What sort of relationship exists between Sheriff Ozzie Walls and Jake Brigance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the way Ozzie Walls performed his duties responsible for the Ford County Sheriff's Department with the manner in which the colonel in charge of the National Guard unit executed his. Consider the number of members and equipment available to each. Address options likely in security of housing and transporting only 14 jury members and the Hailey defense team. Also address lapses in security both within the courthouse and the area outside. What measures should have been taken considering the verdict might have been guilty? Why were potential targets repeatedly exposed? What were the measures taken by Ozzie Walls prior to arrival of National Guard? Who did Barry Acker rely on more?

Essay Topic 2

Ellen Roark and Harry Rex perform legal support functions for Jake Brigance. Identify and compare these functions. How are they similar? How are they different? At what times does Jake rely on these legal support services, and when does he operate without them?

Essay Topic 3

One theme that runs through "A Time to Kill" is deciding between the paths of right and wrong where risks are involved due to influence or threat of the KKK. Examine and compare how it is approached by Judge Noose, jury member Barry Acker, and Jake Brigance.

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