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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. What happens when the sniper is caught?
(a) Put on medication and sent home
(b) Put into a mental institution
(c) Given a phsyc eval and sent home
(d) Put into county jail

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

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

4. Where do Ginger and Willie go to celebrate the guilty verdict?
(a) Memphis
(b) The Padgitt drive way
(c) Rhonda's house
(d) Louisiana

5. Who does Willy expect to see at his office after the trial is over?
(a) Harry Rex
(b) The district attorney
(c) Ginger
(d) Callie

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie hear while in his office?

2. What is it about Danny Padgitt that makes the cop reach for his handcuffs?

3. What is Willie's next story about in Chapter 9?

4. At lunch that week what does Callie call Willie?

5. Although it is a big part of the news in the world what does Willie note is not mentioned during the campaigns?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Callie's childhood and how she was educated.

2. What happens between Ginger and Willie in Chapter 18?

3. Describe what happens after Malcolm Vince is murdered in Chapter 22.

4. What does Willie's story in Chapter 9 entail?

5. What is the response when Willie prints the first installment of the story about the Ruffin family?

6. Describe Willie's newspaper article about Rhonda's rape and murder in Chapter 5

7. How are the Padgitt family members described in Chapter 3?

8. Describe the scene in Chapter 8 where Willie meets Callie Ruffin for the first time.

9. Describe the attack that happens in Chapter 2

10. What happens when Harry Rex asks Mr. Durant to forgive Sam for the affair?

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