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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. Who does Horgan blame for the damage done to his career?
(a) Dan Lipranzer.
(b) Della Guardia.
(c) Tommy Molto.
(d) Rusty.

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

3. Locally, Rusty has become _____________________.
(a) a recluse.
(b) a celebrity.
(c) a legend.
(d) a murderer.

4. Why does Sandy chastise Kemp during a recess?
(a) He laughed out loud during court proceedings.
(b) He spilled coffee on crime scene photos.
(c) He says he thinks Rusty will beat the charge.
(d) He forgot the jurors' interview questions.

5. What does Horgan admit to on the stand?
(a) He had an affair with Carolyn.
(b) He hired Carolyn.
(c) He promoted Carolyn.
(d) He fired Carolyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under the adversity of Rusty's trial, his relationship with Barbara _________________________.

2. What does Rusty ask Sandy when he visits him late on the night of the end of the trial?

3. Why was there no reason for Carolyn to have used contraceptive jelly found in her body?

4. Most of the selected jurors are _______________________.

5. Marty does not tell the prosecutor that Rusty had an affair with his mother because _________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lionel Kenneally tell Rusty that connects Larren Lyttle to Carolyn and Tommy Molto?

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

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

4. Who does Rusty recognize as the person who anonymously calls his house once a week and what favor does Rusty ask of him?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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