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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. How does Jacob behave at the shiva held by Ben's family?
(a) He talks and laughs with friends.
(b) He sits by himself staring into his phone.
(c) He disappears for an hour.
(d) He comforts Ben's mother.

2. Andy states that all lawyers feel the same way about the court system. How does he say lawyers feel about the court system?
(a) Lawyers do not think the court system is good at sorting out evil people from good people.
(b) Lawyers believe that the court system in America is the best one in the world.
(c) Lawyers think the court system is particularly good at finding the truth.
(d) Lawyers do not think the court system is particularly good at finding the truth.

3. What does Andy name as the trick to being a successful prosecutor?
(a) Keeping the suffering at a distance.
(b) Consoling the parents of dead children.
(c) Creating a mental map of the crime scene.
(d) Having a good memory.

4. On what part of Ben's body are the stab wounds found?
(a) His head.
(b) His back.
(c) His leg.
(d) His chest.

5. In what year does Neal subpoena Andy to appear in front of the grand jury?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2011.

Short Answer Questions

1. Laurie's college notebook had symbolized what fact to Andy at the time?

2. What change does Andy say occurs between he and Laurie after his confession to her about his family history?

3. In what month of 2007 does Ben's murder take place?

4. Laurie says that from what age in Jacob's life, other kids had started to turn up hurt around Jacob?

5. How many stab wounds are found on Ben's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the email address of the mysterious link-sender used to demonstrate the major theme within the text?

2. How is the motif of dreams and visions present within Chapter 3?

3. Who is Neal Logiudice?

4. Discuss one coping mechanism Andy uses to get through Jacob's murder trial.

5. How does William Landay use the changed relationship between Andy and Duffy to indicate Andy's profound sense of isolation following Jacob's indictment for murder?

6. Discuss one statement that Andy makes under oath and then names as a deception to the reader.

7. What connection does Andy draw among "children, drunks, and schizophrenics" (129)?

8. What action does Dan Rifkin take against Andy once Jacob comes under suspicion?

9. What qualities of Jonathan Klein's does Andy find reassuring?

10. What qualities of Andy's character are revealed in the moment when Jacob learns about his grandfather's and great-grandfather's violent histories?

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