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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Carla's reply when Jake asks her if she would convict Carl Lee Hailey for murdering Billy Ray Cobb if she were a jury member?
(a) She would have to convict.
(b) She could not convict.
(c) It would be hard to convict.
(d) She would have to convict of a lesser charge.

2. Where is Carl Lee seated during the change of venue hearing?
(a) Next to Jake, by his own choice.
(b) Carl Lee chose to stay in jail.
(c) Still being examined by doctors.
(d) Next to Jake, as required by court procedures.

3. How do the other prisoners feel about Carl Lee taking meals with the sheriff?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Respectful.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Jealous.

4. How do the members of the council of black ministers arrive for strategic planning regarding the NAACP defense of Carl Lee?
(a) In Chevrolets and Dodges.
(b) Primarily in modest-priced vehicles.
(c) In Saabs and BMWs.
(d) In their Cadillacs and Lincolns.

5. What does Tonya, who suffers from endless nightmares and is certain that her attackers are after her, insist on?
(a) That one of her brothers sleep outside her bedroom, and the other sit under her window.
(b) That every light in the home stay on all night, and her brothers sleep outside her door.
(c) That Deputy Willie Hastings, Tonya's uncle, sit under her bedroom window.
(d) That her mother sleep with her, and her brothers sleep outside her bedroom door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amongst some of the questions Buckley asks regarding Bass's identity, what is the crime Buckley ask Bass has been convicted of?

2. What question does Jake ask of Ozzie during cross-examination that Buckley wildly objects to and Jake withdraws, but Ozzie has already nodded affirmatively to?

3. Why does Carl Lee fire Jake?

4. As the riot erupts, what is each Klansman armed with?

5. Where is Tonya seated in the interview with Jake and the Hailey family?

(see the answer key)

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