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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 11, what is Tricia Wolf's feelings about Denice Haraway's well-being?
(a) Denice is dead.
(b) Denice is in grave danger.
(c) Denice has run away.
(d) Tricia has no idea of Denice's whereabouts.

2. At the beginning of Day 6 of the trial, what is the first image that appears on the video screen inside the courtroom?
(a) Tommy Ward.
(b) Denice Haraway.
(c) Steve Haraway.
(d) Karl Fontenot.

3. According to the narrator's statement in the Afterwords, what is the only real evidence against Ward and Fontenot?
(a) Gray pickup truck.
(b) Composite sketches.
(c) Taped confessions.
(d) Eye-witness accounts.

4. Bill Peterson believes that it will take __________ for the jury's selection and the prosecution's case to be complete.
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 5 days.

5. Winifred Harrell, Don Wyatt's legal assistant, prepares more than __________ subpoenas.
(a) 600.
(b) 250.
(c) 100.
(d) 120.

6. While being cross-examined by Don Wyatt, Featherstone states the questioning of Tommy Ward has changed from "inquisitory" to __________.
(a) Accusatory.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Rationality.
(d) Brutality.

7. According to a letter written by Tommy Ward, how many deaths has he seen with his own eyes?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

8. According to Jim Moyer, what is carved into the belt of the man who looks much more familiar than Fontenot?
(a) Lurch.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Haraway.
(d) Innocent.

9. According to the narrator, what is the most critical issue in the courtroom?
(a) Denice Haraway's body.
(b) Confession tapes.
(c) Polaroid pictures.
(d) Composite sketches.

10. Who is Linda Thompson with on Monday, August 19th, when she is kidnapped?
(a) Denice Haraway.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

11. On a scale from one to ten , with one being that Tommy Ward is totally innocent, what is Don Wyatt's feelings of Ward in late spring?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

12. What items does Don Wyatt subpoena from the college?
(a) Pictures / bones.
(b) Hair / clothing.
(c) Skull / bones.
(d) Fingerprints / hair.

13. Who is Don Wyatt referring to when he says, "how anyone could be so stupid as to make up all those lies and think that was going to get them out of trouble"?
(a) Odell Titsworth.
(b) Marty Ashley.
(c) Tommy Ward.
(d) Karl Fontenot.

14. What publication does Bud Wolf flip through in search of a boy who looks exactly like the composite drawing of Tommy in the Haraway case?
(a) College yearbook.
(b) Elementary school yearbook.
(c) High school yearbook.
(d) Middle school yearbook.

15. Who plays the role of Bill Peterson during the rehearsal of the defense witnesses at Don Wyatt's law office?
(a) Winifred Harrell.
(b) Willie Barnett.
(c) Leo Austin.
(d) Don Wyatt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date that jury selection begins?

2. Who says, "This is the day we've been hoping for eleven months wouldn't happen"?

3. All of the following are members of the prosecution's team, EXCEPT whom?

4. Who raises the "weird" question: What will happen if Tommy Ward is convicted, and then, just as the gavel rings out, Denice Haraway walks into the courtroom?

5. On Day 6 of the trial, who is the 51st witness for the state?

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