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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. What does Callie tell Willie she is concerned about?

2. What does the defense lawyer say that Willie's story has done?

3. What happens when the sniper is caught?

4. How long does it take to get the verdict back?

5. Who is the first witness called when the trial begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the goat barbecue that Willie is invited to with Harry Rex.

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

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

4. Describe the attack that happens in Chapter 2

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

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

7. What happens in Chapter 15 between Rhonda and Willie.

8. Describe the scene in Chapter 28 when Willie goes to play poker with Bubba and Bubba's friends.

9. Describe the last day of the trial in Chapter 19 when Danny's punishment is to be decided.

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

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

Much of the town knew that the killer of the jury members was very patient and would wait until he could easily get to them.

Were the precautions taken by the towns people to protect their friends and family unnecessary? Useless? Explain.

How would the scene have differed if it had been a modern day setting?

Essay Topic 3

What role does desegregation play in the story? How would the story have changed had it been more modern day?

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