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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's mother do when the verdict is read?
(a) She cries.
(b) She yells.
(c) She lifts up her hands and closes her eyes.
(d) She slams her fist on the table.

2. On Tuesday, July 14, after Bobo's testimony, Steve says he can understand what about the prison guards?
(a) Why they want to get better jobs.
(b) Why they make such awful food.
(c) Why they make prisoners do disgusting chores.
(d) Why they take away your shoelaces and belts.

3. What does Petrocelli say about Bobo's attire when he comes into the courtroom to testify?
(a) That he wanted to come naked.
(b) That he refused to wear his prison jumpsuit.
(c) That he refused a suit.
(d) That he combed his hair.

4. What is King's verdict?
(a) Not guilty.
(b) Mistrial.
(c) Hung jury.
(d) Guilty.

5. What book does Steve's mom bring with her when visiting Steve?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Koran.
(c) The Bhagavad Gita.
(d) The Torah.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Steve asks O'Brien how many times she has been in court, what does she respond?

2. To whom is Mr. Nesbitt's gun registered?

3. How is Moore related to Bobo?

4. In the screenplay scene Steve writes just after his mother leaves, what does King say he "just needs" in order to commit the robbery?

5. On July 17, what kind of decision does Petrocelli say Steve has made?

Short Essay Questions

1. Once each lawyer has rested her case, Steve writes in his journal on Friday, July 17 that it's understandable why other prisoners are obsessed with appeals. What does he realize about their obsession?

2. Who owns thel gun used in the crime, and is it a legal gun?

3. How do readers know what Steve's verdict is, based on the screenplay?

4. What happens when Steve is made to mop the floor?

5. How do Steve's parents act when they come to visit on Sunday the 12th?

6. Why is Ms. Moore not at work the day King came to see her?

7. What has O'Brien asked Steve to do when his response is to write down Mr. Sawicki's name twice?

8. When Briggs questions Henry about identifying King, what does she admit about the photographs the police showed her?

9. How does the medical examiner say Mr. Nesbitt died?

10. What does O'Brien say about Petrocelli's bringing the crime scene photos out again just before the long weekend recess?

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