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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 does Steve wonder in the prologue if he will still do what when the trial is over?
(a) Have any friends.
(b) Be in prison.
(c) Recognize himself.
(d) Be able to breathe.

2. According to Steve in the prologue, when is the best time to cry?
(a) At night.
(b) During visiting hours.
(c) In the morning.
(d) In private.

3. Who is comforting whom at the end of the scene between Steve and his father?
(a) Sunset comforts Steve.
(b) Steve comforts his father.
(c) His father comforts Steve.
(d) A guard comforts Steve's father.

4. Who says that 'restaurants, liquor stores, and drugstores are the only things left in the neighborhood'?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Polly.
(d) King.

5. When we first see Steve in the screenplay description in the first chapter, what is lying on his cot next to him?
(a) A notebook.
(b) A suit and tie.
(c) Another inmate.
(d) A tray.

Short Answer Questions

1. The stage directions refer to Wendell Bolden's hands as what?

2. What part of the movie does Steve feel like he has walked into in the prologue?

3. Steve's father tells Steve that although he had never made the team for this sport, he hopes Steve will. What sport is he talking about?

4. What does Steve notice about the mirror in his cell in the prologue?

5. Why is the detective not going to read the affidavit on Wednesday, July 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In his journal notes for Tuesday, July 7, why does Steve say he needs to keep thinking of the movie?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when a preacher comes to visit the prisoners?

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