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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Fernanadez and Easter head when they sneak out of the motel?
(a) Individual homes.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Courtroom.
(d) Casino.

2. What does Easter's note to the judge request?
(a) Longer lunch breaks.
(b) More time for walks.
(c) Working through the weekend.
(d) A private meeting to talk about bribes.

3. Where does the beginning of Chapter 2 take place?
(a) Jury room.
(b) Courtroom.
(c) Lawyers office.
(d) Beach house.

4. What does Easter do while Dr. Kilvan is giving his testimony?
(a) Stares at Fitch within the courtroom.
(b) Takes notes about the facts that Dr. Kilvan is sharing.
(c) Sends looks to Stella trying to keep her calm.
(d) Sends a note to the judge requesting another conference.

5. Why does Fitch get excited when he sees Fernandez holding a copy of Sports Illustrated?
(a) He realizes the jury can be bought.
(b) It was a special signal just between Fernandez and Fitch.
(c) He knows the jury is distracted and not focused on the case.
(d) He knows that Marlee is a liar.

6. Why does the judge continue to dismiss people from the courtroom as the scene shifts to the courtroom?
(a) Lawyer complaints.
(b) Inability to complete the questionaires.
(c) Medical reasons.
(d) Arguments among each other.

7. Where did Easter clerk after his first year of law school?
(a) A law firm working to prosecute a tobacco company.
(b) For Marlee's father who owns a tobacco company.
(c) A judge presiding over a tobacco case.
(d) A law firm working to defend a tobacco company.

8. What does Hull tell Hoppy that the money he requested is for?
(a) His required bribe.
(b) The license fees.
(c) The necessary startup costs.
(d) His son's consulting fee.

9. What is the note about that Harkin gives to the judge once the trial resumes?
(a) The jury wants their walks to happen also during delays.
(b) They should be allowed to arrive late if court is delayed.
(c) The jury was talking about jury tampering during the recess.
(d) The man who broke into his apartment is in the courtroom.

10. How does the author describe the replacement of Stella with Phillip?
(a) A person who needs to be watched.
(b) A vote for the defense.
(c) A nightmare for both sides.
(d) A new person who can easily be swayed.

11. What progress pleased Fitch from over the weekend?
(a) Easter's part in the trial.
(b) Hulic's reaction to being followed.
(c) The information shared by Marlee.
(d) Shaver's meeting in Charlotte.

12. What does Dr. Kilvan spend his testimony sharing with the jury?
(a) The addictive nature of smoking.
(b) Mortality rates of smokers versus non-smokers.
(c) The amount of cigarettes it takes to become addicted.
(d) The effects of nicotine on the lungs.

13. Why do you think the CEOs have decided to work with Fitch?
(a) He is a smoker.
(b) He knows all of the jurors personally.
(c) He won 8 trials without a loss.
(d) He used to be one of the CEOs.

14. What does Vandemeer ask Fitch if he has?
(a) The background information on Marlee.
(b) The information about all of the jurors.
(c) Control over Jankle.
(d) Enough influence over the jury.

15. Why does it seem that SuperHouse is interested in the case Shaver is on the jury for?
(a) They are partially owned by one of the CEOs of the tobacco companies.
(b) They realize that Shaver can be bribed.
(c) They want Shaver to tell them how this type of litagation works.
(d) Their company makes a lot of money from tobacco sales.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fitch confirm that David Lancaster, Perry Hirsch and Easter are all the same man?

2. How many of the jurors' medical records was Fitch able to secure?

3. Why is Small sent to Lawrence by Fitch?

4. What did Krigler's research discover?

5. What did Marlee do as a joke when she was meeting Easter?

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