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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. What kind of medicine does Andy offer Laurie the night before Jacob's trial begins?
(a) Vicodin.
(b) Ambien.
(c) Soma.
(d) Valium.

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

3. Andy states that on the first day of the trial, Neal had shown no signs of what sort of payback?
(a) Oedipal.
(b) Violent.
(c) Vengeful.
(d) Murderous.

4. Andy tells the reader that there are two juries--one in court, and one where?
(a) In prison.
(b) On the other side of the television cameras.
(c) In people's heads.
(d) In the law libraries.

5. What is the reason for the delay the morning of the first day of Jacob's trial?
(a) Traffic in front of the courthouse gets snarled.
(b) The judge is late arriving to court.
(c) Jacob disappears for an hour right before the trial.
(d) The news cameras are adjusting their feeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Andy use to describe Laurie's manner when she gets seated on the first morning of Jacob's trial?

2. What method of escape does Andy report using every morning in order to forget the trial for a few minutes?

3. Andy realizes that Jonathan's back-up plan involves telling the court that Jacob has what?

4. In what month does Jacob's trial for murder begin?

5. Who is NOT determined to have the MAOA Knockout gene?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Duffy's answer when Neal asks whether he and Andy are still close friends?

2. Describe details about the mysterious car that Andy believes is following him at a certain point in the narrative.

3. Andy becomes enraged when the psychiatrist, Dr. Vogel, asks Andy for what item?

4. How does Andy characterize his friend Duffy's level of honesty?

5. What reason does Andy give for granting Dr. Vogel's request for a particular item?

6. How does Andy get Patz's attention when he wants to talk to Patz?

7. Once Andy agrees to provide Dr. Vogel with the item she requests, what new task does she put in front of Andy?

8. What verdict does Andy name as the only one that will make a real difference to his family, even if Jacob is acquitted?

9. When Andy loses his temper while testifying in front of the grand jury, Neal uses the episode as a way to comment on Andy's relationship with control. What does Neal say?

10. What does Jacob's iPod Touch symbolize?

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