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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take to get the verdict back?
(a) Two days
(b) Less than an hour
(c) Four hours
(d) Half a day

2. What is Willie's next story about in Chapter 9?
(a) Rhonda's neighbors
(b) Rhonda's family
(c) The bomb
(d) Danny Padgitt's sordid history

3. Why had Bubba's older brother been rejected by the draft?
(a) Genetic condition
(b) Bad leg
(c) Too old
(d) Eyesight

4. Why does Baggy say that Callie will be chosen as a juror?
(a) Blacks were easy to manipulate
(b) Blacks were thought to be more sympathetic to criminals
(c) Callie was a smart woman
(d) Blacks were to uneducated to know

5. What does Willie Traynor learn about that makes him decide to go to work in a small town paper?
(a) The freedom
(b) The ability to make your own hours
(c) The money
(d) The ability to choose your own stories

Short Answer Questions

1. What verdict does the jury come to in regards to Danny serving a life sentence or receiving the death penalty?

2. What does Willie put in his article that he knows will get him a 'slap on the wrist'.

3. Where does Willie recognize Lenny Fargarson from?

4. What does Mr. Durant say when Harry Rex says that Sam has asked for forgiveness?

5. What does Harry Rex say that the parole board's private meeting rules were in clear contradiction of?

(see the answer key)

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