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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did not attend the meeting at the NAACP?
(a) Darrow.
(b) Faust.
(c) White.
(d) Springarn.

2. What was James Johnson's middle name?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Weldon.
(c) Werther.
(d) Weston.

3. What other piece of evidence was found inside the Sweet house?
(a) Blood.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Fingerprints.
(d) Glass.

4. On what day was Ossian Sweet released?
(a) December 3.
(b) December 26.
(c) November 30.
(d) November 18.

5. Which of the following men was not one of Sweet's attorneys?
(a) Mahoney.
(b) Rowlette.
(c) Toms.
(d) Perry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was questioned about the shots being fired?

2. Who went with the inspector through the Sweets' house?

3. How much money was in the NAACP defense fund?

4. Who was not condemned by Johnson?

5. Who was one of the people that claimed she was too afraid to leave the Sweet house that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Weldon Johnson?

2. Discuss the involvement of the media in the incident.

3. What was the assistant prosecutor's angle when presented the Sweet case to a judge in a pre-trial hearing?

4. Where did Sweet and Gladys travel after he was released? What was the purpose?

5. How did Darrow's involvement change the tone of national press coverage?

6. Who was Walter White and why was he sent to Detroit?

7. What was the resolution between Rowlette and the NAACP?

8. How did the author describe Darrow's approach to the witnesses?

9. What was one topic on which many of the people at the scene could not agree?

10. How did the NAACP help the Sweets and their associates in jail?

(see the answer keys)

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