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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Monday, during the fifteen minute recess after Rodeheaver's testimony, Jake runs up to the law library where Harry Rex is already, and he assures Jake of what?
(a) No paper has mentioned his house fire or Ellen's attack.
(b) No paper has mentioned his house fire, only Ellen's attack and no name.
(c) Only the Oxford paper mentioned Ellen's attack, and not her name.
(d) He reviewed the statutes and feels Jake has a good chance at appealing.

2. What questions does Jake ask of Cobb's and Willard's respective mothers during cross-examination?
(a) How many convictions did their sons have respectively?
(b) How many other children their sons raped, was Cobb convicted of selling marijuana?
(c) Jake opted not to cross-examine.
(d) Has either been convicted of rape?

3. How many black people does Lucien plan to bring to the courthouse and chant "Free Carl Lee"?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 2,500.

4. Why is Carl Lee aghast when the jury is finally seated?
(a) It is all-white, 11 women and 1 man, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(b) It is all-white, 10 women and 2 men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(c) It is all-white, 12 women and no men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(d) It is all-white, 9 women and 3 men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.

5. What is the jury's decision?
(a) Guilty of manslaughter, third degree.
(b) Guilty on all counts.
(c) Guilty of homicide, second degree.
(d) Not guilty on all counts by reason of insanity.

6. Where does Deputy Nesbit take Ellen to sleep the night before the trial opens?
(a) She stays at Jakes office suite.
(b) The Clanton Inn.
(c) The Sheriff's Departmment.
(d) Lucien's.

7. How does Carla learn about the all-white jurors in the case?
(a) She reads about them in the newspaper.
(b) She learns about them during a TV newsbroadcast.
(c) She hears about them during a radio news broadcast.
(d) She learns about them during a phone call with Jake.

8. What happens when Carl Lee opens a courtroom window with a small balcony and the deputy nods?
(a) Carl Lee has second thoughts for safety, and watches inside from the window.
(b) Carl Lee, Tonya, and the boys step onto the balcony, wave, and the crowd surges.
(c) Carl Lee steps onto the balcony, and can see KKK on their "turf."
(d) Carl Lee steps onto the balcony, waves, and the crowd surges.

9. When a juror is jumped by thugs at the Temple Inn, how is he threatened?
(a) At gunpoint; they know where his family is if there is no conviction.
(b) At knifepoint; they know where his family is if there is no conviction.
(c) One house has burned; his family's could too if there is no conviction.
(d) At knifepoint; he will watch his family die if there is no conviction.

10. What happens to Ellen on her way to Oxford on the evening of the shooting?
(a) She has a motor vehicle accident.
(b) She is intentionally run off the road by a pickup truck.
(c) She is pulled over by a vehicle with flashing blue lights.
(d) She is intentionally run off the road by a sedan.

11. On Monday morning, Clanton is in "trial mode" as the Klan is happy having burned down Jake's home and what else?
(a) They sense victory following the exposure of Bass.
(b) They sense victoy with the all-white jury.
(c) They sense victory with Jake not coming to court on Friday.
(d) They sense victory with the attack on Ellen Roark.

12. When Jake objects as Lucien broaches the topic of buying a jury, the latter reminds him of what?
(a) He has few morals and can get money for the hung jury from friends.
(b) He has no morals and can raise the money from friends.
(c) He has more money than he cares for and no morals or ethics.
(d) The other side is playing dirty, so Jake needs to as well.

13. While they await the jury's verdict from Jake's office, what does Lucien confirm as he spins tales regarding his family's heritage?
(a) Ethel is his mother.
(b) Ethel's retarded son is his half-brother.
(c) As a teen, his family paid his first love's family to move away.
(d) Ethel's daughter was Lucien's half-sister who died shortly after birth.

14. Ellen explains that it will be impossible to keep what from the jury?
(a) The gory pictures of Willard and Cobb's bodies.
(b) Carl Lee's apologizing to Deputy Looney.
(c) The fact that Deputy Looney was shot and lost a leg.
(d) The M-16 automatic rifle.

15. Ministers start a parade of black protesters behind a fifteen-foot banner that reads what?
(a) "Free Carl Lee."
(b) "Free Carl Lee Hailey."
(c) "Carl Lee Was Right."
(d) "Tonya Is The Victim."

Short Answer Questions

1. When the trial resumes following the brief recess, why does Jake decline to question Rodeheaver?

2. When the jury is impaneled, Jake, Harry Rex, and Ellen are in agreement about what?

3. What does Jake say to the judge after Ozzie explains what has taken place to Noose?

4. What is Lucien's advice to Jake regarding fear?

5. Do the jurors and alternates attempt to discuss the case in violation of the judge's instructions?

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