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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Following three hours of sleep on the morning of the trial, Jake bolts awake and has Deputy Nesbit do what?
(a) Take him home so he can shower and shave.
(b) Has him drive him to Lucien's home where he left some documents.
(c) Check the building out as he has heard something suspicious.
(d) Take him to Ozzie to review security measures in transporting Carl Lee.
2. What questions does Jake ask of Cobb's and Willard's respective mothers during cross-examination?
(a) How many other children their sons raped, was Cobb convicted of selling marijuana?
(b) Jake opted not to cross-examine.
(c) Has either been convicted of rape?
(d) How many convictions did their sons have respectively?
3. When Jake seeks a change of venue from Judge Noose and is told nothing would be done except removing 20 intimidated jurors, Jake learns what?
(a) It is going to be a very uphill trial.
(b) Lucien is right, someone got to Judge Noose.
(c) Someone did not get to the judge, but others have been gotten to.
(d) He can use the refusal to change venue for a mistrial if necessary.
4. On Friday, day five of the trial, Ozzie and Deputy Nesbit wake Jake before 5:00 a.m. to inform him "Mickey Mouse" has reported what?
(a) The Klan plan to kill Jake on the day of Stump Sisson's funeral.
(b) The Klan plan again to blow up Jake's home.
(c) The Klan plan to bomb his office.
(d) The Klan plan to shoot him and Carl Lee in court today.
5. Who likely holds the outcome of the Carl Lee trial in the palm of his hand?
(a) Lucien.
(b) The Ford County Klan leader.
(c) Noose.
(d) Jake.
6. When the jurors arrive the next morning for further deliberation, how are they taken from the bus to the courthouse?
(a) By deputies through the crowd.
(b) By National Guardsmen through the crowd.
(c) Through a back entrance using two vans instead of a bus.
(d) By Ozzie and National Guardsmen through the crowd.
7. Why is Lucien furious on the morning of the shooting attempt to kill Jake?
(a) He has kept Dr. Bass sober all night and his testimony will be postponed.
(b) That someone has attempted to take Jake's life.
(c) The National Guard did not check out the silo amongst other locations.
(d) The National Guard colonel waited before senting someone to check.
8. Why is Carl Lee aghast when the jury is finally seated?
(a) It is all-white, 10 women and 2 men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(b) It is all-white, 12 women and no men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(c) It is all-white, 9 women and 3 men, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
(d) It is all-white, 11 women and 1 man, only 1 black of 2 alternates.
9. Who is the first victim to fall in the riot at the courthouse?
(a) Freddie Cobb.
(b) Ozzie Walls.
(c) Reverend Agee.
(d) Lester Hailey.
10. Where does Deputy Nesbit take Ellen to sleep the night before the trial opens?
(a) The Clanton Inn.
(b) The Sheriff's Departmment.
(c) She stays at Jakes office suite.
(d) Lucien's.
11. When a juror is jumped by thugs at the Temple Inn, how is he threatened?
(a) At knifepoint; he will watch his family die if there is no conviction.
(b) One house has burned; his family's could too if there is no conviction.
(c) At knifepoint; they know where his family is if there is no conviction.
(d) At gunpoint; they know where his family is if there is no conviction.
12. What is Lucien's advice to Jake regarding fear?
(a) Take a healty shot of bourbon to calm his nerves.
(b) Put it out of his mind and concentrate on legal matters.
(c) He should welcome it, as jurors are afraid as well.
(d) Jake has prepared well, and so he need not worry.
13. The firebomb that ignites Mississippi KKK Imperial Wizard Stump Sisson is thrown from where?.
(a) From within the surrounding crowd.
(b) The 3rd floor of the courthouse.
(c) The 3nd floor of the courthouse.
(d) A slowly passing vehicle.
14. How many black people does Lucien plan to bring to the courthouse and chant "Free Carl Lee"?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 2,500.
15. How is the riot quelled?
(a) State Troopers arrive on scene.
(b) Three deputies fire their revolvers into the air.
(c) Additional Ford County deputies arrive on scene.
(d) Deputies from an adjacent county arrive on scene.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Jake recognize Gerald Ault as a supporter of black people?
2. After going to the lake with Harry Rex, Jake visits Lucien and discovers what?
3. Who aids Ellen following her plight?
4. Ministers start a parade of black protesters behind a fifteen-foot banner that reads what?
5. On Monday morning, Clanton is in "trial mode" as the Klan is happy having burned down Jake's home and what else?
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