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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 is something Derek tells Andy he had NOT told Neal?
(a) That Ben had been bullying Jacob.
(b) That Jacob had claimed to know how to get away with murder.
(c) That Jacob had owned a knife.
(d) That Jacob had had blood on his hand the day of Ben's murder.

2. What is NOT a rumor Ben had started about Jacob prior to Ben's murder?
(a) Jacob got an erection in the shower after track.
(b) Ben and Derek were lovers.
(c) Jacob was caught masturbating in the classroom during recess.
(d) Jacob offered to perform oral sex on a boy at a party.

3. Whom does David name as telling David's family to speak to no one until after the trial?
(a) Duffy.
(b) Neal.
(c) Derek.
(d) Jacob.

4. What is the jury's reaction when Neal grins at them about the cruelty of children to one another?
(a) They look angry.
(b) They look at Jacob.
(c) They look away from Neal.
(d) They grin back at Neal.

5. At what location does Andy find Sarah when he asks to speak to her?
(a) Her middle school.
(b) The library.
(c) Starbucks.
(d) The mall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Andy states that on the first day of the trial, Neal had shown no signs of what sort of payback?

2. What kind of medicine does Andy offer Laurie the night before Jacob's trial begins?

3. Who admits that in addition to Andy wanting to pursue Patz as a suspect in Ben's murder, he had also wanted to pursue Patz?

4. The judge assigned to Jacob's case is described by Andy as "the only judge" (248) who what?

5. First-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William Landay use a sailboat to create a simile about the timeline of a trial?

2. 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?

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

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

5. How does the epigraph included at the start of Part Three depict the theme of nature versus nurture?

6. What is the outcome of Dr. Vogel's DNA tests?

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

8. What does Andy state about a prosecutor's feelings about the internet?

9. Describe the symptoms Andy describes as being associated with his "familiar battlefield euphoria" (243) going into Jacob's trial.

10. How does Dr. Vogel's psychiatric report use allusion to outline her final findings?

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