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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After being threatened by Marsharfsky, Jake does what?
(a) Lights a cheap cigar, and writes a complaint regarding Marsharfsky.
(b) Lights an expensive Cuban cigar, and writes a change of venue request.
(c) Lights an expensive Caribbean cigar, and writes a complaint regarding Marsharfsky.
(d) Lights a cheap cigar, and writes a change of venue request.

2. How many murder trials has Jake Brigance served as the defense counsel prior to the preliminary hearing for Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

3. Where did K.T. "Cat" Bruster lose his eye?
(a) Rice patties of Vietnam.
(b) Back alleys of Chicago.
(c) Deserts of Afghanistan.
(d) Tenements of Memphis.

4. The Sunday after Jake gets fired, he and Carla skip church and take Hanna where?
(a) Kite flying.
(b) On a picnic.
(c) Canoeing.
(d) To a zoo.

5. What is the reaction to the press conference?
(a) Nothing local, only in Jackson, Memphis, Atlanta and elsewhere.
(b) It is a short clip on the 10:00 p.m. broadcast, and a short column with no photo in the back pages.
(c) Primarily on TV news, and little in the newspapers.
(d) It is a TV news hit, and the Hailey family photo appears on the front page.

6. What happens when Jake calls Lester in Chicago?
(a) Lester agrees to come back, but not soon.
(b) Lester agrees to return to Clanton with little prompting.
(c) Lester says he cannot return until the trial.
(d) Lester agrees to return to Clanton with much prompting.

7. 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 says Sisco owes him, as he got him off of prior charges.
(c) Lucien tells how he "bought" Sisco in a previous case.
(d) Lucien says Sisco is white, but has a daughter with a black girlfriend.

8. Why does Jake threaten to fire his secretary Ethel?
(a) She has allowed calls to come to his office phone before 8:30 a.m.
(b) She has brought individuals to his office before advising of their presence.
(c) She has repeatedly been late to work and taken long lunch breaks.
(d) She has allowed someone to await his return in his office.

9. How much does the NAACP initially contribute toward the defense of Carl Lee?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $5,000.

10. During one phone call to Carla shortly prior to the trial, whose situation is Jake careful not to bring up?
(a) Ozzie Walls'.
(b) Reverend Agee's.
(c) Bud Twitty's.
(d) Gwem Hailey's.

11. How have Lucien and Harry Rex advised Jake regarding selection of women for the jury?
(a) Lucien is in favor, Harry Rex is opposed.
(b) Both are in favor.
(c) Both are opposed.
(d) Harry Rex is in favor, Lucien is opposed.

12. On the morning of the day he first meets Ellen, what is it Jake recalls Carla could tell during their phone conversation the night before?
(a) That he was still in his office and eating takeout food.
(b) That he was tired and had not gotten enough sleep.
(c) That he had jut awoken from a deep sleep.
(d) That he was drunk.

13. What does Ozzie do after he is tipped off three minutes after midnight on July 12 that the Brigance home is to be blown up within three hours?
(a) Awakens Jake, and instructs him to send his family into hiding.
(b) Ignores the tip.
(c) Awakens Jake, and instructs him to take his family to the airport.
(d) Awakens Jake, and instructs him to take up a position with his rifle.

14. Who begs Sheriff Ozzie Walls to reopen the local "tonks"?
(a) The schoolboard members.
(b) Parents of young children.
(c) The local AA director.
(d) The local ministers.

15. Where do Rufus Buckley's political ambitions lead him to?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) State Attorney.
(c) District Judge.
(d) Governorship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ollie Agee, the Hailey's pastor, convenes the Council of Ministers, a board of the local black ministry, which decides to do what?

2. What have local attorneys dubbed Judge Omar Noose?

3. The Hailey indictment is not mentioned on TV until a brief 10:00 p.m. news segment, so what is Jake's response?

4. How does Carl Lee compare killing the white men who raped his daughter with killing the "gooks" in Vietnam?

5. 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?

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