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

2. How is the riot quelled?

3. What does Wanda Womack ask the jury panel to consider to convince them to rule not guilty by reason of insanity?

4. The night of Stump Sisson's death, the KKK meet in the woods, pledge revenge, and induct how many new Klan members from Ford County?

5. The firebomb that ignites Mississippi KKK Imperial Wizard Stump Sisson is thrown from where?.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. What happens between Jake and Ellen on the balcony of Jake's office?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Beyond the cost of a human life and loss for loved ones and associates, what are some of the significant ramifications of Tim Nunley's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of legal scales balancing between right and wrong prevails with Barry Acker. What role does he play? What transpires while at the Temple Inn? As the jury continues in attempting to determine a verdict, what happens to Acker in his effort to achieve a decision? What safety precautions does he take? Elaborate in establishing these and other points in this theme.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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