View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nat is being sent to __________________ near Skageon until the trial is over.
(a) his grandparents' home.
(b) a boarding school.
(c) his aunt's home.
(d) a camp.

2. How many other fingerprints, other than those on the glass, in Carolyn's apartment have been tested to see if they came from the same person?
(a) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. Who does Rusty learn is to be the star witness in the case against him?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Lip.
(c) Horgan.
(d) Molto.

4. What does Sandy question Lip about when he takes the stand and is interrupted by the judge?
(a) The B file.
(b) Carolyn's lovers.
(c) Rusty's work record.
(d) The glass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Locally, Rusty has become _____________________.

2. What was Judge Lyttle's job before becoming a judge?

3. Rusty thinks that it could hurt his case if _________________, Larren Lyttle's best friend, turns out to be a hostile witness.

4. Chapter 27 opens with the revelation that the prosecution cannot find _____________________.

5. Rusty's secretary testifies that she heard Rusty call Carolyn ____________________ during a phone conversation.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,227 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample