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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. Who else does Jake visit in the Memphis hospital?

2. During the trial on the fifth day, Lucien avoids eye contact with Sisco for what reason?

3. How many black people does Lucien plan to bring to the courthouse and chant "Free Carl Lee"?

4. What questions does Jake ask of Cobb's and Willard's respective mothers during cross-examination?

5. Amongst some of the questions Buckley asks regarding Bass's identity, what is the crime Buckley ask Bass has been convicted of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jake essentially lost in court the day he returned after being shot at?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 37, how does the consumption or abuse of alcohol come into play?

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

John Grisham is familiar with various firearms types and their uses, just as he is knowledgeable with the differences in styles and purposes of a Saab and a Ford Bronco. Weapons from several categories are referred to at various points in his tale. Identify the styles of weapons found in his novel and their functions. Examine Grisham's intention in selecting the firearms at key points within the text.

Essay Topic 3

John Grisham presents a dark story. A 10-year-old girl is beaten, urinated on, and raped by two drunk, Mississippi rednecks. She endures unreal, subsequent trauma afterward. Her father kills the perpetrators. He is placed on trial for their murders and may be killed. A "snitch" in the KKK warns local law enforcement of potential attacks, and is himself killed in retribution. A KKK leader is killed with a Molotov cocktail. Others die in Grisham's novel, "A Time to Kill." Explain what the author is referring to by his title.

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