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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the slang term for the gene mutation called MAOA Knockout?
(a) The violence gene.
(b) The criminal gene.
(c) The murder gene.
(d) The psycho gene.

2. What type of pornography does Derek say Jacob reads online?
(a) Hardcore porn.
(b) Softcore porn.
(c) Fetish porn.
(d) Cutter porn.

3. What is NOT mentioned by Sarah as something Ben had been teasing Jacob about in the months prior to Ben's murder?
(a) Being a loser.
(b) Being a geek.
(c) Being a liar.
(d) Being gay.

4. What nickname does Matthew's mother call him?
(a) Matriculation.
(b) Matty.
(c) Matston.
(d) Matter.

5. The judge assigned to Jacob's case is described by Andy as "the only judge" (248) who what?
(a) Whose every defendant had been given a stiff sentence.
(b) Whose face the public recognizes.
(c) Whose father and grandfather had both been judges as well.
(d) Whose every defendant had been convicted.

6. What noise is happening the night before the start of Jacob's trial that makes it impossible for Laurie to sleep?
(a) Firecrackers exploding.
(b) The screeches of a dying cat.
(c) Bats screeching.
(d) Police sirens.

7. Who is NOT determined to have the MAOA Knockout gene?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Laurie.
(c) Andy.
(d) Billy.

8. Whom does Andy name as a man whose manner makes it easy for one to imagine him as a boy?
(a) Dan.
(b) Neal.
(c) Billy.
(d) Jonathan.

9. Andy tells Matthew that the age of consent in Massachusetts is what age?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

10. What allusion is being used within Dr. Vogel's psychiatric diagnosis of Jacob?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) The Phantom Tollbooth.
(c) How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
(d) Charlotte's Web.

11. To whom does Sarah suggest Andy speak?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Duffy.
(c) Patz.
(d) Derek.

12. Jacob reports that about what percent of online talk focused on him is positive after the trial starts?
(a) 30%q.
(b) 50%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 70%.

13. Dr. Vogel pronounces that Jacob's what is not "at the same level as his peers" (295)?
(a) Moral compass.
(b) Psychological health.
(c) Emotional maturity.
(d) Set of scruples.

14. On the first day of Jacob's trial, Klein files a motion to exclude what kind of evidence in the trial?
(a) Medical evidence based on Dr. Vogel's testing results for Jacob.
(b) Forensic evidence based on testing done a week after the murder.
(c) Psychiatric evidence based on genetic predisposition to mental illness.
(d) Scientific evidence based on an alleged genetic predisposition to violence.

15. How many questions does Jonathan ask the first witness of the trial when he cross-examines her?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 36.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away from Ben's middle school had his dead body been found?

2. On what device does Derek say Jacob reads and writes pornographic stories?

3. In addition to the 12 jurors chosen for the jury, how many alternates are chosen?

4. Sarah tells Andy that she bets Andy had had a really good what?

5. What is the term for the question and answer process through which juries are chosen?

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