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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. The stage directions refer to Wendell Bolden's hands as what?
(a) Large, ashy.
(b) Tiny, dry.
(c) Giant, dry.
(d) Sweaty, cracked.

2. Why is the detective not going to read the affidavit on Wednesday, July 8?
(a) He is being transferred.
(b) He is on vacation.
(c) He is working on a serious case.
(d) He is having problems with a hemorrhoid operation.

3. How much does Wendell Bolton pay for the stolen goods from the drugstore robbery?
(a) 25 dollars each.
(b) 5 dollars each.
(c) 10 dollars each.
(d) 15 dollars each.

4. In the credits in Chapter One, Kathy O'Brien is credited as what?
(a) Defense Attorney with Doubts.
(b) Doubting Defense Attorney.
(c) Assistant D.A.
(d) District Doubter.

5. In the prologue, Steve is surprised that the prisoners still do what, even though they are strangers?
(a) Find ways to love each other.
(b) Ignore each other.
(c) Get along well.
(d) Find reasons to hurt each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the credits in Chapter 1, James King is credited as what?

2. What is Steve wearing when his father comes to visit him in prison?

3. According to Osvaldo, how old is he?

4. When Steve decides to write a movie, where does he say he learned to block out scenes?

5. What does Steve say happens at breakfast in the prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Steve say he feels most involved with his case?

2. How does Detective Karyl describe the crime scene at the pharmacy?

3. When Steve gets dressed for court on Thursday, July 9 and thinks of his mother, what is she doing?

4. When Steve decides to write a movie, what does he say it will be a story of?

5. What does Steve think his father's crying means?

6. Describe the kind of movie Steve says it feels as if he has stepped into?

7. What is Steve doing when the police come to arrest him and take him away from home?

8. What does Steve say about why he thinks Petrocelli is using Bolden's testimony?

9. What does James King look like on the first day of the trial?

10. When the newscaster in Steve's "notes" section of the screenplay asks a passerby if he is shocked by the crime, what is the man's response?

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