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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. How does Hinky Myrick raise money during the Carl Lee trial?

2. Do the jurors and alternates attempt to discuss the case in violation of the judge's instructions?

3. What are the bored jurors doing by the evening of the third day after the phones have been removed from their rooms?

4. Following Jake's closing before the jury, he and Lucien are drinking on Lucien's front porch where Deputy Nesbit helps himself to what?

5. When the trial resumes following the brief recess, why does Jake decline to question Rodeheaver?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Jake when the National Guard arrive?

9. When the case is given to the jury, where do the members stand?

10. 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?

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

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 3

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.

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