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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. When the word gets out that the jury is ready, what does Reverend Agee do with the demonstrators?
2. Why is Lucien furious on the morning of the shooting attempt to kill Jake?
3. Amongst some of the questions Buckley asks regarding Bass's identity, what is the crime Buckley ask Bass has been convicted of?
4. During the night of the second trial date, Stump Sisson dies, bringing the number of deaths related to Tonya's rape to how many?
5. On Monday, during the fifteen minute recess after Rodeheaver's testimony, Jake runs up to the law library where Harry Rex is already, and he assures Jake of what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens between Jake and Ellen on the balcony of Jake's office?
2. In Chapter 37, how does the consumption or abuse of alcohol come into play?
3. Why is Lucien able to draw thousands of black residents from northern Mississippi to Clanton to demonstrate on behalf of Carl Lee?
4. What transpires as the forty Ku Klux Klansmen arrive to demonstrate at the courthouse where the black protesters held their vigil?
5. What happens when Ellen first arrives at Jake's office on the Sunday the National Guard arrives?
6. What happens when Jake requests a change of venue from Judge Noose following the riot and cross-burnings?
7. On the second day of the trial, what happens to Gerald Ault, Jake's "ace-in-the-hole"?
8. Why do the jurors feel more incarcerated than safe?
9. 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?
10. What does Jake when the National Guard arrive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
It has been said that "A Time to Kill" is a novel and not a history. It shows that all men and women are not treated equally in the legal system. What specifically in John Grisham's novel causes you to examine the ethics of our society?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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