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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. EPA's issue with the tannery involves what?

2. Judge Skinner has a lengthy and mutual friendship with which of the attorneys?

3. Where does Schlichtmann first set up his own practice?

4. Who sends the Woburn case to Jerome Facher?

5. Who does Facher send out to Woburn for the purpose of finding out information?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Judge Skinner decide to become more involved with jury selection than is normally the case, and how is he more involved?

2. When Dr. John Truman is convinced that the number of incidents of leukemia constitute a cluster, what does he do?

3. What does the three year Harvard School of Public Health Study of Woburn conclude?

4. What are the results of medical tests of the Woburn family members of children who have leukemia or had died from leukemia?

5. To what does the title of the chapter "Orphans and Dogs" refer?

6. When Anne Anderson begins her own investigation into the leukemia cluster, what is her initial step?

7. How does Anthony Roisman become involved in the Woburn case?

8. Why did Rikki Klieman, a female lawyer, invite Schlictmann to go to Puerto Rico?

9. Briefly describe how Judge Skinner plans to divide the trial into phases.

10. What is the official city response to the citizen's committee to do something about the water?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Woodshed Conference. Include in your discussion what it is, who is present, what effect it has on the trial, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Schlictmann beleives that Judge Skinner is biased against him. Using examples from the book, discuss your opinion. Include the judge's rulings, the jurors reactions, etc.

Essay Topic 3

Based on the final outcome of this case (after the Court of Appeals final ruling), do you think justice is served? Do you think the outcome is fair? Include a summary of the outcome and support your conclusion with facts from the book.

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