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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As an expert witness, Dr. Kumagai will say __________________________.

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

3. Locally, Rusty has become _____________________.

4. What response does Dr. Robinson give to the answer in #148?

5. What does Nico ask Rusty when he sees him in the restroom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the significance of Rusty's dream about his mother in Chapter 25?

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

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

8. Late on the evening of the end of the trial, Rusty visits Sandy in his office. What does Rusty reveal to Sandy which could explain why Judge Lyttle abruptly ended the trial?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Turow use the literary technique of local color in PRESUMED INNOCENT? What elements comprise local color? Give some examples of the local color in Kindle County establishments, in the characters, and in the events.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Rusty. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point in his life?

Essay Topic 3

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Rusty, Barbara and Nat. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

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