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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. Why do Rusty and Nat not stay for barbecue after a t-ball game when Summer comes?
(a) Nat is not feeling well.
(b) The notoriety of Rusty's trial makes them too uncomfortable.
(c) Nat is leaving for Summer camp in the morning and needs to get to bed early.
(d) They have to get packed for vacation.

2. Why was there no reason for Carolyn to have used contraceptive jelly found in her body?
(a) She used a diaphragm.
(b) She had her tubes tied.
(c) She had a hysterectomy.
(d) She used an IUD.

3. What does Rusty dream about in Chapter 35?
(a) Nat as a baby.
(b) His wedding.
(c) His father in jail.
(d) Going to law school.

4. What does Rusty tell Nico when he runs into him on the street several months after the trial?
(a) He is moving to Los Angeles.
(b) He has cancer.
(c) He and Barbara have separated.
(d) He is running for public office.

5. Rusty thinks that it could hurt his case if _________________, Larren Lyttle's best friend, turns out to be a hostile witness.
(a) Lip.
(b) Horgan.
(c) Molto.
(d) Razor.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 37, Rusty is thrilled at being free but is also _________________.

2. Chapter 32 opens with a battle in court over the prosecution's continued failure to _____________________.

3. What is the name of the black street gang to which Leon Wells belongs?

4. Who is Rusty's former secretary?

5. Who is Maurice Dickerman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the end of the trial so unsettling for the reader?

2. How have innocence and simplicity leave the life of Rusty and his family?

3. What does Rusty recall about washing the murder weapon and how does Barbara behave to let the reader know that she is the murderer?

4. What are some of the elements that foreshadow an easier road than anticipated to Rusty's acquittal?

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

6. Why does Horgan consider his relationship with Rusty to be over?

7. How do Horgan and Judge Lyttle react to legal situations?

8. Why does Della Guardia want Molto to testify in the case? What does Dr. Robinson say regarding Rusty's ever confessing murder to him?

9. What kindness does Marty Polhemus show to Rusty which, had he not, would have had bad consequences for him?

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

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