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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jake Brigance advises deputies that Billy Ray Cobb could receive life plus 40 years if he is convicted on all charges, and could be paroled how soon if Tonya lives?
(a) 25 years.
(b) No parole.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 13 years.

2. Lester Hailey has driven to Clanton from where?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

3. What is Tonya carrying when she is kidnapped?
(a) An armful of firewood.
(b) A basket of fish and a pole.
(c) Her school books.
(d) A bag of groceries.

4. When a Memphis TV crew requests to be allowed to film the trial, what does Judge Willard Bullard do?
(a) Grants them permission so long as they do not interfere with proceedings.
(b) Advises they may only film inside the courtroom, they may not broadcast.
(c) Advises they may film, but it will all be reviewed by the county prosecutor.
(d) Instructs the county courtroom deputy, Mr. Pate, to throw them out.

5. Following the preliminary hearing for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard, who hides in the county courthouse after closing at 4:30 p.m. on Friday?
(a) Carl Lee Hailey.
(b) Lucien Wilbanks.
(c) Jake Brigance.
(d) Lester Hailey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Sheriff Ozzie Walls to obtain arrest warrants for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard?

2. What illegal item does Carl Lee Hailey request to buy from K.T. "Cat" Bruster?

3. When Jake Brigance confides in Sheriff Walls that Carl Lee Hailey may be planning the murder of Cobb and Willard, what do they speculate about how they might feel?

4. What three individuals were aware of what would likely take place, so the double murder does not surprise them?

5. Who has received threatening phone calls both at home and in the office?

(see the answer key)

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