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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 type of criminal charges against Wendell Bolton are dropped?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Assault.
(c) Possession with intent to distribute.
(d) Possession.

2. What is the name of the prisoner who wants to read Steve's screenplay?
(a) Sunrise.
(b) Sunner.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Sunset.

3. What does Wendell Bolton say he gave his mother for Christmas?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Razor blades.
(d) Drugs.

4. Why does the judge call for a break during the intense questioning of Wendell Bolton by Briggs?
(a) To calm down Briggs.
(b) To attend to administrative tasks.
(c) To overrule Petrocelli.
(d) To calm down the juror.

5. In the notes Steve writes just after his father leaves, what does he say he did at the drugstore?
(a) Robbed it.
(b) Go in and looked around.
(c) Destroyed the security cameras.
(d) Smashed the windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. King says that all you need to get paid is a "crew with some heart" and what else?

2. What is the color of Petrocelli's suit in Chapter 1?

3. What does Steve notice about the other prisoners in his journal from Wednesday, July 8?

4. What is Steve worried that his father sees when he looks down at him?

5. Why does Briggs think it is strange that Evans would have told Wendell Bolton about the stolen goods?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Steve not hungry on the morning of Monday, July 6?

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

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

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

5. Why is one of the other prisoners, Acie, not worried about his impending verdict?

6. What is so shocking about Steve's father crying?

7. Why is Steve's stomach upset on Wednesday, July 8?

8. How can Steve's lawyer be described?

9. Why do prison officials take away prisoners' shoelaces and your belt?

10. How does the typeface of Steve's journal entries indicate stress or special meaning on certain words?

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