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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes back to the office with Willie to await the jury's verdict?

2. What does Callie tell Willie she is concerned about?

3. Why had Bubba's older brother been rejected by the draft?

4. Where do the landlord's sisters say they will move?

5. What group decides to write a bunch of letters to be printed taking Willie's view point on the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lydia Vince's testimony in Chapter 16.

2. What happens when Willie goes to Callie's house in Chapter 29?

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

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

5. Describe the election campaign that takes place in Chapter 27.

6. Describe the letters that Willie receives after the trial.

7. What happens when Willie and his photographer learn about the murder and rape?

8. What does the Padgitt family do in order to try and stop Willie from printing his news stories?

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

10. Describe what is known about the sniper in Chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Callie Ruffin doesn't approve of the mixed race marriage that she sees while in Memphis. How do her feelings of the mixed race couple add to the story line? Has the view on mixed race couples changed a lot since the seventies? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

There was a lack of physical evidence tying Danny Padgitt to the murders of the juror members.

1) Was it wrong to immediately suspect that it was Danny Padgitt? Why?

2) Why was Hank Hooten not thought of?

3) Was there any indication to the reader that it might not be Danny Padgitt? Explain?

Essay Topic 3

During the course of the story the main character, Willie, changes quite a bit. Explain Willie's character at the beginning of the story and then give an explanation of it as it appears at the end of the story. In what ways has he changed? In what ways has he remained unchanged?

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