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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) 6:30 a.m.
(b) 4:15 a.m.
(c) 5:00 a.m.
(d) 7:00 a.m.

2. Rusty notes that the atmosphere in the courtroom on the first day of the trial is ___________________.
(a) sad.
(b) resigned.
(c) electric.
(d) chaotic.

3. Judge Lyttle has a history of attacking prosecutors and __________________ in court.
(a) repeat offenders.
(b) policemen.
(c) first time offenders.
(d) juveniles.

4. The prosecution states that it will not call ____________ as a witness.
(a) Lip.
(b) Marty.
(c) Leon.
(d) Molto.

5. Who is Mrs. Krapotnik?
(a) Barbara's mother.
(b) Carolyn's landlady.
(c) The court reporter.
(d) Rusty's cleaning lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the judge tell the jury as Molto badgers Dr. Robinson on the witness stand?

2. Why does Rusty not want Barbara to testify in court?

3. Barbara tells Rusty that she has taken a teaching job in ___________________.

4. Before the testimony of the person in #135, the judge instructs the jury that the absence of _______________ entitles them to raise reasonable doubt in their minds regarding Rusty's guilt.

5. Why do Rusty and Nat not stay for barbecue after a t-ball game when Summer comes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Rusty's thoughts about his father when Sandy mentions how Rusty met Horgan, and what do they mean regarding implications of the family influence on people?

3. What does Sandy say about Rusty in the judge's chambers about someone framing Rusty and why does he take that chance?

4. What points of possible incrimination against himself does Rusty take mental note of?

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

6. How do the testimonies of Eugenia, Mrs. Krapotnik and Horgan practically guarantee an acquittal for Rusty?

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

8. What is the tone of Chapters 26-28 and who does the author set up as the champions for the prosecution and the defense?

9. What instruction does Judge Lyttle give to the jury regarding the missing glass and what does the fingerprint expert admit about other prints at the crime scene?

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

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