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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 athletic event of his son's does Rusty attend?
(a) Soccer game.
(b) Basketball game.
(c) Football game.
(d) T-ball game.

2. What is Rusty's profession?
(a) Attorney.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Detective.
(d) Architect.

3. Lipranzer suspects that ________________ was involved with Carolyn.
(a) Dan.
(b) Seth.
(c) Rusty.
(d) Roger.

4. Lionel Kenneally tells Rusty that Carolyn was at the police station investigating files concerning ___________________.
(a) unsolved murders.
(b) rape victims.
(c) the gay arrests.
(d) burglaries.

5. Who is Jamie Kemp?
(a) Sandy's assistant.
(b) Nat's best friend.
(c) Carolyn's son.
(d) Barbara's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carolyn tell Rusty one day when he saw her in a bar and asked what he should do about his attachment to her?

2. At the time of Noel's arrest, hundreds of gays were being arrested for indecency in a place called __________________.

3. Molto says that ________________ may have obstructed justice in Carolyn's case.

4. What does Rusty learn at Carolyn's funeral that stuns him?

5. In what county does the story take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rusty's first encounter with Marty Polhemus at the university.

2. What are the two reasons that there is a delay in getting a computerized scan of the fingerprint evidence?

3. Why does Rusty tell Marty about his own father's neglect of him?

4. What are the circumstances in which Tommy Molto accuses Rusty of killing Carolyn?

5. What quality does Rusty attach to beautiful people like his own father?

6. Why did Carolyn most likely want Rusty to run for District Attorney instead of Horgan?

7. What information does Lip find about Leon Wells regarding his probation officer and the prosecuting attorney?

8. What is the most questionable piece of evidence that is mentioned--at least in Rusty's eyes?

9. How has the author's development of the characters up to this point affect the reader's perception as the murder trial begins?

10. What is the premise of "Presumed Innocent"?

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