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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. At noon, when the court assembles and finds the jury has not reached a verdict, the judge advises them to do what?

2. When the phone rings while Harry Rex and Jake are discussing legal matters on the morning before the trial, what happens?

3. 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?

4. When Lucien gets the opportunity to discuss Sisco's offer with Jake, what does he state the cost will be?

5. What does Jake say to the judge after Ozzie explains what has taken place to Noose?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Just past midnight of the day Dr. Bass was questioned, what does Jake discover when driven to his home due to an emergency?

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

6. Why is everyone relieved when Jake declines to question Murphy, the janitor, in cross-examination?

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

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

9. What transpires as the forty Ku Klux Klansmen arrive to demonstrate at the courthouse where the black protesters held their vigil?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the symbolism of the Ford County Courthouse. What is it supposed to represent? What does John Grisham use it to reflect? Address what the various characters do there in contrast with that symbolism. Also explore Barry Acker's speculation regarding previous trials.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What type of home do Jake Brigance and his family reside in? Why is it unique? How is Jake able to afford it, given that he also drives a Saab, the only one in the county? Why did Jake select this home? Consider these questions to examine Jake's character.

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