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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Beatrice Foods purchase Riley Tannery?
(a) For the property in Woburn.
(b) For investment purposes.
(c) To get into the tannery business.
(d) For producing labels for some of its products.

2. What law firm represents Beatrice Foods?
(a) Foley, Hoag and Eliot.
(b) Jones and Jones.
(c) Hale and Door.
(d) Schlictmann and Conway.

3. What is the amount of the counter-offer that Schlictmann makes to Beatrice Foods settlement offer the week before trial?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $18 million.
(c) $20 million.
(d) $180 million.

4. In the pre-trial publicity, which publication calls the Woburn case "a bellwether case?"
(a) The New York Times.
(b) Business Week.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) The Washington Post.

5. Why does the state environmental department originally come to Woburn in 1979?
(a) To test the water in the river.
(b) To talk to the Town Council.
(c) To check the water in Wells G and H.
(d) To check some contaminated waste barrels.

6. When do Charles and Anne Anderson move to Woburn?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1968.

7. What lawyer becomes Schlictmann's assistant?
(a) George Baker.
(b) Kevin Conway.
(c) Henry Coe.
(d) John Torrence.

8. What is the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice?
(a) A committee of the American Bar Association.
(b) A division of the Justice Department.
(c) An organization specializing in helping the poor.
(d) A public interest law firm.

9. Where does the pre-trial settlement conference take place in Boston?
(a) Facher's offices.
(b) The judge's chambers.
(c) Schlictmann's offices.
(d) The Four Seasons hotel.

10. In a pre-trial motion, Cheeseman asks that the venue be changed to where?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) Bangor, Maine.
(c) Washington, DC.
(d) Bridgeport, Conn.

11. Who says: "Frankly, I'm in this for the punitive damages."
(a) Crowley.
(b) Conway.
(c) Schlictmann.
(d) Nesson.

12. Why does Roisman drop the Woburn case?
(a) Too high profile.
(b) He didn't like working with Schlictmann.
(c) He thought he would lose the case.
(d) Too costly.

13. Who says: "You're not entitled to a jury of your liking. You're only entitled to an impartial jury."?
(a) Skinner.
(b) Facher.
(c) Nesson.
(d) Blackman.

14. What is the name of Schlictmann's secretary during the Eaton discovery and trial?
(a) Kathy Boyer.
(b) Mary Bolin.
(c) Karen Studebacker.
(d) Susan Shores.

15. How much does Nesson estimate that the Woburn case is worth in punitive damages?
(a) At least $1 million.
(b) No less than $3 million.
(c) Millions of dollars.
(d) At least half a million dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Rev. Bruce Young arrive in Woburn to be the minister of Woburn Trinity Episcopal Church?

2. Who says: "Somebody who's been hurt has the sympathy of the jury. Big companies don't get that sympathy."

3. Who files a Rule 11 charge against Schlictmann?

4. What chemical is added to Wells G and H beginning in 1968?

5. What governmental agency orderes the discontinuation of the use of TCE in the 1970s?

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