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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 Lucien's advice to Jake regarding fear?
2. On Monday morning, Clanton is in "trial mode" as the Klan is happy having burned down Jake's home and what else?
3. When Jake addresses the jury, what does he first apologize for?
4. What is Clyde Sisco's price?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the reader learn was key to the jury being swayed to finding an innocent by reason of insanity verdict?
2. 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?
3. How do Harry Rex's pickup and Jake's Saab reflect more than a matter of taste, but of personality?
4. What transpires as the forty Ku Klux Klansmen arrive to demonstrate at the courthouse where the black protesters held their vigil?
5. What are some of the changes in perspective the Carl Lee Hailey trial has had on Jake?
6. On Monday, the first morning of the trial, what positions does Jake direct Ellen and Harry Rex, his two assistants, to assume?
7. What happens on the Saturday morning when "Mickey Mouse" tips Ozzie the Klan plan a multi-state retaliation for the Thursday riot?
8. What transpires when Jake requests a change of venue in chambers on Monday, the first day of court?
9. What happens when Jake requests a change of venue from Judge Noose following the riot and cross-burnings?
10. When the case is given to the jury, where do the members stand?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Who is identified at "Mickey Mouse" in the Ku Klux Klan? What has this individual attempted to do secretly? Provide several examples of "Mickey Mouse's" success. When did "Mickey Mouse" fail?
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