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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. At the beginning of Chapter 35, what time is it when Barbara thinks Rust is getting up when actually he is just coming to bed?
(a) 4:15 a.m.
(b) 7:00 a.m.
(c) 5:00 a.m.
(d) 6:30 a.m.

2. Why does Rusty not want Barbara to testify in court?
(a) He thinks she will get flustered.
(b) He doesn't want to put her through it.
(c) He thinks she will turn on him.
(d) He doesn't want her reputation ruined.

3. What does Rusty ask Sandy when he visits him late on the night of the end of the trial?
(a) Why Lyttle really stopped the trial.
(b) Where the glass was all this time.
(c) Why he never put Barbara on the stand.
(d) Who paid the prosecuting team to throw the case.

4. What does Nico ask Rusty when he sees him in the restroom?
(a) If he killed Carolyn.
(b) If he knows who killed Carolyn.
(c) If he thinks Sandy is doing a good job on his case.
(d) If he thinks he will like prison.

5. Who was Rusty's mother?
(a) Janet.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Rose.
(d) Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sandy decides to use a technique called ___________________ in which prosecutorial evidence can be admitted into evidence.

2. What does Jamie search for in Carolyn's apartment?

3. How many glasses are shown in a crime scene photo in court?

4. Locally, Rusty has become _____________________.

5. Who does Horgan blame for the damage done to his career?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rusty deduce about why Sandy was considering entering the B file into the trial?

2. What does Rusty do in the weeks following the trial?

3. Why does the author raise the critical issue of Kumagai's testimony just as he had shown positive successes for the defense?

4. How does the murder trial affect Rusty and Barbara's marriage?

5. What important piece of information about Horgan does Rusty withhold from Sandy?

6. On the first day of the trial, what does the defense say it has not had a chance to examine yet and who does the prosecution agree not to call during the trial?

7. What impact does the missing glass have on Rusty's case at this point?

8. What incriminating information does Leon Wells give to Rusty and Lip about Carolyn and Larren Lyttle?

9. How does Sandy ruin Dr. Kumagai's career due to his testimony regarding the contraceptive jelly found with the sperm sample?

10. Describe the encounter between Rusty and Della Guardia several weeks after the trial?

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