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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sheriff Walls is concerned about Carl Lee's safety and comes up with what plan for transporting him to the courthouse on the day of his preliminary hearing?
(a) Finds a prisoner resembling Carl Lee, and has him break and run for reporters to chase.
(b) Has Carl Lee dressed as deputy with toy gun in holster, and transported in the front seat of cruiser.
(c) Finds a prisoner resembling Carl Lee, and has him transported with Carl Lee.
(d) Finds a prisoner resembling Carl Lee, and has him transported in another cruiser for reporters to follow.

2. Why does Jake decide to stay out of the Coffee Shop?
(a) The manager asked him to because he represented Carl Lee and business was down.
(b) He had a bad breakfast there one morning and got sick.
(c) Since being fired, he regrets the TV footage, and wants to avoid locals.
(d) He got into an argument with his favorite waitress.

3. What are the six capital defense attorneys of the NAACP known as?
(a) The "defense squad."
(b) The "death squad."
(c) The "last chance squad."
(d) The "always win team."

4. How old is Tonya?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

5. How does Carl Lee compare killing the white men who raped his daughter with killing the "gooks" in Vietnam?
(a) He feels worse about the killing in Mississippi.
(b) He feels killing both situations were equally necessary.
(c) He feels worse about the killing in Vietnam.
(d) He regrets the killing in Clanton.

6. On his way back to Mississippi, what is Lester doing?
(a) Reflecting on how he got off.
(b) Reflecting on how he can help Carl Lee pay for legal services.
(c) Reflecting on how he will get Carl Lee to rehire Jake.
(d) Reflecting on his failing marriage.

7. How long does the preliminary hearing for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard last?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

8. What does Sheriff Walls testify during the change of venue hearing?
(a) Virtually all Ford County citizens don't know all the rape and murder facts, but have their minds made up.
(b) The majority of Ford County citizens know all the rape and murder facts, and have their minds made up.
(c) Most Ford County citizens know most of the rape and murder facts, and have not made their minds up.
(d) There are not 12 Ford County citizens that don't have all the rape and murder facts, and their minds are made up.

9. When Lucien Wilbanks inherited the family law firm in 1965, what does he keep?
(a) His father's favorite hunting rifles.
(b) A brank new Ford Mustang.
(c) His father's entire legal staff.
(d) His father's favorite secretary, Ethel Twitty.

10. A convoy of how many buses carrying elderly blacks converge at the courthouse where Reverend Agee is holding a rally?
(a) 31.
(b) 42.
(c) 27.
(d) 22.

11. Days before the trial, Gwen Hailey calls Jake and informs him she is behind on house payments, the utilities might be shut off, and has only received how much from the church council?
(a) $500.
(b) Nothing.
(c) $100.
(d) $400.

12. What is Clanton doing to prepare for the national spotlight a week before the Carl Lee trial?
(a) Stray cats, dogs, other pets are being collected by Animal Control.
(b) Repainting stripes on Main Street, parking spaces, and Courthouse signs.
(c) Public facilities are being cleaned and rejuvenated.
(d) New parking meters are being installed.

13. Why does the name of Clyde Sisco cause some stir during the meeting of Jake's jury strategy team?
(a) Lucien states Sisco is one of few whites at Tank's Tonk.
(b) Lucien tells how he "bought" Sisco in a previous case.
(c) Lucien says Sisco owes him, as he got him off of prior charges.
(d) Lucien says Sisco is white, but has a daughter with a black girlfriend.

14. During the meeting of Jake's jury strategy team, what do the black citizens do?
(a) Maintain a candlelight vigil surrounding the jail.
(b) Maintain a prayer vigil at local black churches.
(c) Maintain a candlelight vigil surrounding the courthouse.
(d) Maintain a candlelight vigil surrounding the courthouse and jail.

15. Where is the Ku Klux Klan meeting when Freddie Cobb, Billy Ray's brother, is stipulating to the Imperial Wizard that that they must get involved?
(a) In a barn on an abandoned farm, 20 miles outside Vicksburg.
(b) Deep in the woods of Nettles County, 230 miles south of Clanton.
(c) Deep in the woods of Durham County, 125 miles northeast of Clanton.
(d) In a warehouse in an industrial park, late at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jake threaten to fire his secretary Ethel?

2. During one phone call to Carla shortly prior to the trial, whose situation is Jake careful not to bring up?

3. Where do Rufus Buckley's political ambitions lead him to?

4. What happens when Jake calls Lester in Chicago?

5. Who is Rocky Childers?

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