View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Christiano tell Hoppy is the reason for the deal?
(a) Sense of justice.
(b) Financial.
(c) Looking for a bigger target.
(d) Political.

2. What opinion does the Colonel have about smoking?
(a) He believes it is very addictive.
(b) He thinks giving it up just takes willpower.
(c) He has already made up his mind about the case.
(d) He thinks that it cannot kill you.

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

4. What do the four jury members who do not have loved ones who can share their conjugal visits with them do?
(a) Get on the internet and play games.
(b) Go out to the casino.
(c) Stay alone in their rooms.
(d) Watch John Wayne movies.

5. What is Nicholas Easter working on as Chapter 4 opens?
(a) Research on the lawyers on the case.
(b) His medical history questionaire.
(c) Jury selection questionaire.
(d) Plan for making sure he will be picked for the jury.

6. What were the investigators able to track down in regards to the past of Marlee and Easter?
(a) One of Marlee's relatives.
(b) One of the Marlee's waitress friends.
(c) One of the Easter's relatives.
(d) One of Easter's law school buddies.

7. What does Easter tell the other jurors in the jury room?
(a) In other trials jurors had been tampered with.
(b) He has been followed.
(c) That a woman is tape recording them.
(d) That he was personally offered a bribe.

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

9. Which of the following is not true about the character Carl Nussman?
(a) Jury selection consultant.
(b) Works for the plaintiffs.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Presents dossier's on jurors.

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 new person who can easily be swayed.
(d) A nightmare for both sides.

11. What demographic group does Robilio say the tobacco industry targeted?
(a) Men.
(b) Middle-aged people.
(c) Women.
(d) Teens.

12. 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) The man who broke into his apartment is in the courtroom.
(c) The jury was talking about jury tampering during the recess.
(d) They should be allowed to arrive late if court is delayed.

13. Why did the lunch never show up?
(a) Because someone gave the deli the wrong time.
(b) Because Judge Harkin canceled it.
(c) Because Easter had it delayed.
(d) Because the deli got the date wrong.

14. What is clear after the cross examination of Jankley by Rohr?
(a) That he was breaking under the exessive pressure.
(b) That he knew his product killed people.
(c) That the memos were made up.
(d) That he was truly sorry for what he was doing.

15. 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 used to be one of the CEOs.
(d) He won 8 trials without a loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman who runs into Nicholas Easter at Burger King do?

2. What does Marlee ask one of the deputies to do?

3. What does Easter convince the jury to do before they sit down?

4. What does Dr. Kilvan spend his testimony sharing with the jury?

5. Why aren't the men hired by FItch able to continue pursuing Marlee as she gets on the plane?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 722 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample