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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What restriction does Nichole have since the accident?
(a) She can't hear
(b) She can't speak
(c) She is blind
(d) Confined to a wheelchair

2. What is the dividing factor in Nichole's life?
(a) Her parents' divorce
(b) Winning a beauty pageant
(c) Making the cheerleading squad
(d) The accident

3. What is the reaction of Nichole's brothers when they see her in a wheelchair?
(a) No reaction
(b) Rude
(c) Pity
(d) Awkward

4. What first strikes Mitchell when he sees the town of Sam Dent?
(a) Its beauty
(b) Its small size
(c) Its lack of restaurants
(d) Its inaccessibility

5. Why does Mitchell Stephens want to put Bobby Ansel on the witness stand?
(a) He had two children die in the crash
(b) He is the only eye witness to the bus crash
(c) He does not have a criminal record
(d) He is a reputable businessman

6. How did Nichole get up the courthouse steps?
(a) Her Daddy carried her
(b) She used crutches
(c) An elevator
(d) A special stair lift

7. How does Nichole feel about Mitchell Stephens?
(a) She cannot stand him
(b) She thinks he is an ambulance chaser
(c) She likes him
(d) She tolerates him

8. What does Mitchell not see at the site of the school bus crash?
(a) Trampled snow
(b) Car tracks
(c) State police barriers
(d) Books

9. What does Nichole call herself in her mind?
(a) The last beauty queen
(b) Wheelchair girl
(c) Damaged goods
(d) Girl with a past

10. Why does Nichole devise a plan over the summer?
(a) To enter college early
(b) To run away from home
(c) To learn to walk again
(d) To force Mr. Stephens to drop the lawsuit

11. What is Mitchell not driven by?
(a) Ambition
(b) Justice
(c) Pride
(d) Greed

12. What does Mitchell always send his daughter when she calls?
(a) Debit card
(b) Plane ticket
(c) Money
(d) Bus fare

13. When taking on a new case, Mitchell feels _______________________.
(a) Overwhelmed
(b) Proud
(c) More alive than at any other time in his life
(d) Fatalistic

14. What does Mitchell have in common with the grieving parents of Sam Dent?
(a) They are all from New York
(b) They are working class
(c) They are all Catholic
(d) They have lost children

15. What is the name of the Walkers' motel?
(a) The Dented Inn
(b) No-Tell Motel
(c) Walker Right Inn
(d) Bide-a-Wile

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did the accident occur?

2. Which of the following does Nichole not say resides in the private sanctuary of her bedroom?

3. Mitchell considers himself to be ________________ when he hears about events like the school bus crash.

4. How does Nichole feel as if her life has been divided?

5. Which of the following is not a place Mitchell has left his daughter?

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