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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ellen has done a masterful job of the M'Naghten brief, summarizing what into seventy-five pages directly applicable to the Hailey trial?
(a) A half century of legal history.
(b) A quarter century of legal history.
(c) A century and a half of legal history.
(d) A century of legal history.

2. On day two of the proceedings, how does the morning begin and where are all the "players" situated?
(a) Muggy and overcast, with some diligently taking places on the front lawn.
(b) Drizzling and warm, with many diligently taking places on the front lawn.
(c) Breezy, with even more than before taking spots on the front lawn.
(d) Hot and sunny, with all diligently taking places on the front lawn.

3. On the evening before the trial begins, Ellen arrives at Jake's office suite carrying a thick, professional brief regarding the rape admissibility issue and begins to do what?
(a) Provide an overview of the issue.
(b) Make margaritas.
(c) Make coffee.
(d) Make copies of the brief.

4. Who does Jake learn Wanda Womack lives with?
(a) Percy Bullard.
(b) Mack Loyd Crowell.
(c) Clyde Sisco.
(d) Willie Hastings.

5. What does Jake say to the judge after Ozzie explains what has taken place to Noose?
(a) He will be in as soon as he showers, changes, and the area is secured.
(b) He will not be in today, he will be drunk by afternoon, and he will be in Saturday.
(c) He will be in, but not for an hour, as he needs to shower and change.
(d) He will be in this afternoon, not this morning.

6. The firebomb that ignites Mississippi KKK Imperial Wizard Stump Sisson is thrown from where?.
(a) The 3rd floor of the courthouse.
(b) A slowly passing vehicle.
(c) The 3nd floor of the courthouse.
(d) From within the surrounding crowd.

7. What are the bored jurors doing by the evening of the third day after the phones have been removed from their rooms?
(a) Cooling off in the motel pool, drinking sodas, and playing cards.
(b) Reading magazines, buying sodas from a machine, and playing cards.
(c) Swimming in the motel pool, reading magazines, and playing cards.
(d) Buying sodas from a machine, playing cards, and discussing the case.

8. When the word gets out that the jury is ready, what does Reverend Agee do with the demonstrators?
(a) Attempts to calm the demonstrators with no success.
(b) Calls them to order, and has them sing "We Shall Overcome" calmly.
(c) He calms them to order, and has them pray for an acquittal.
(d) Stirs the demonstrators, and has them chant "Free Carl Lee."

9. When the trial resumes following the brief recess, why does Jake decline to question Rodeheaver?
(a) He has only once won an argument with an expert.
(b) He has never won an argument with an expert.
(c) He often wins arguments with experts, but is not confident this time.
(d) He rarely wins arguments with experts.

10. On Saturday morning following the shooting attack he survived, Jake surmises that both Lucien and Bass were drunk yesterday and driven home by Deputy Nesbit, and while he drinks a Bloody Mary, Jake prays what?
(a) That Carl Lee can get off.
(b) That his motion for a mistrial will be accepted.
(c) That nothing worse takes place.
(d) That Dr. Bass is sober for court.

11. How does Hinky Myrick raise money during the Carl Lee trial?
(a) Selling sandwiches, plate lunches at exhorbitant prices on the front lawn.
(b) Selling sandwiches, plate lunches at reasonable prices to media outdoors.
(c) Selling sandwiches and plate lunches at exhorbitant prices in the courtroom.
(d) Selling sandwiches and plate lunches at cheap prices to the National Guard.

12. What does Wanda Womack ask the jury panel to consider to convince them to rule not guilty by reason of insanity?
(a) Consider their reaction if their daughter was attacked and beaten.
(b) Imagine Tonya as a white girl attacked by two drunk black men.
(c) Consider true justice for a father, not the legal system.
(d) Consider what the crowd outside will do if he is found guilty.

13. Do the jurors and alternates attempt to discuss the case in violation of the judge's instructions?
(a) Yes, on the bus enroute to the Temple Inn.
(b) Yes, on a pay-phone in the Temple Inn lobby to family.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, in same-sex pairs while roomed at the Temple Inn.

14. 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) Lucien's.
(d) The Sheriff's Departmment.

15. When the jurors arrive the next morning for further deliberation, how are they taken from the bus to the courthouse?
(a) By Ozzie and National Guardsmen through the crowd.
(b) Through a back entrance using two vans instead of a bus.
(c) By deputies through the crowd.
(d) By National Guardsmen through the crowd.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Jake and Harry Rex go to the lake in the latter's pickup truck rather than the former's Saab after going to Memphis to visit the hospital?

2. When Lucien gets the opportunity to discuss Sisco's offer with Jake, what does he state the cost will be?

3. When the phone rings while Harry Rex and Jake are discussing legal matters on the morning before the trial, what happens?

4. In questioning jurors individually in chambers as to their position on the death penalty, one black male lies and is allowed to remain, and he later does what?

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

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