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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 Detective Karyl describe the scene when he enters the drugstore?
(a) "Uncomfortable."
(b) "All in a day's work."
(c) "Pretty gruesome."
(d) "Horrifying."

2. What is Steve's cot made out of?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Metal.
(c) Wood.
(d) Canvas.

3. Which two items are taken away from prisoners, according to Steve?
(a) Money and shoes.
(b) Shoelaces and belts.
(c) Shoes and shoelaces.
(d) Glasses and medicine.

4. In his journal from Wednesday, July 8, where does Steve say that he does not feel involved with his own case?
(a) In jail.
(b) On the bus.
(c) In court.
(d) At home.

5. How many ambulances respond to the drugstore crime?
(a) Unkown.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action on Acie's part does Steve say really "got to me"?

2. Who is the author of this book?

3. Why is Steve having stomach problems on Wednesday, July 8?

4. Steve says his movie will be not a story of his life, but a story of what?

5. In the prologue, Steve says if anyone is prison knows you are crying, what will happen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Star Wars have to do with the way Steve designs the beginning of his film?

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

4. Why does the first shot of the movie (Monday, July 6) feature Steve lying with the blanket over his head?

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. What does Wendell Bolden look and act like?

10. How can Steve's lawyer be described?

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