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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Initially, which potential juror does not want to be on the Haraway case?
(a) Keith Hildreth.
(b) Dorothy Hogue.
(c) Shelley Johnson.
(d) Mary Floyd.

4. Who requests a second run-through of their testimony?
(a) Karl Fontenot.
(b) Jason Lurch.
(c) Tricia Wolf.
(d) Frederick Patrizi.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Don Wyatt angry at Tricia Wolf in Chapter 11?

2. Under Oklahoma law, how many months does court reporter Dawn DeVae have after the date of sentencing to complete the transcripts?

3. According to the defense attorneys, who is Tommy Ward's key alibi witness?

4. How does the jury react to Don Wyatt pulling out the skull and bones?

5. All of the following are members of the defense team, EXCEPT which person?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to George Butner, what is his task as the attorney of Karl Fontenot?

2. According to Bill Peterson in Chapter 17, what is the key moment in the Ward / Fontenot trial?

3. What theory does Don Wyatt want Richard Kerner to tell Jason Lurch to get him to talk with Wyatt?

4. In Chapter 10, why does Don Wyatt want "to keep the pot boiling" all summer before the trial begins?

5. According to Judge Powers in Chapter 18, what is the most critical legal question concerning the Ward / Fontenot trial?

6. Explain the testimony Don Wyatt would like to elicit from Joel Ward on Day 9 of the trial.

7. Summarize the results of the interview Richard Kerner has with Melvin Harden in Chapter 11.

8. Discuss the atmosphere developing on both sides of the Haraway case as detailed at the beginning of Chapter 11.

9. According to the medical examiner in Chapter 19, what happened to Denice Haraway?

10. Under cross- examination, Gary Rogers says that he had made three phone calls to Ada while questioning Tommy Ward. What person did Rogers call? Why did he call the person three times? ?

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