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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Tonya restrained with while being raped?
(a) Electrical cord.
(b) Cotton rope.
(c) Swing-set chain.
(d) Nylon rope.

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

4. After Ozzie summons Jake to meet with Lester and Carl Lee and Carl Lee rehires Jake because his brother "wants me to," what does Carl Lee say?
(a) Carl Lee states he does not trust Jake, but trusts the Shark less.
(b) Carl Lee admits he trusts Jake, and wants his services.
(c) Carl Lee states the Sheriff has convinced him Jake is a good choice.
(d) Carl Lee persists he is only following Lester's request.

5. After Jake tells Ethel to shut up or quit when she informs him about his $4,000 in unpaid bills, less than $1,900 in the bank, and his failure to see clients or drop off promised files, what does she do?
(a) She yells she has put up with his childishness long enough.
(b) She tearfully explains about the threatening phone calls, and her husband's ill health.
(c) She angrily responds by throwing papers and storming out.
(d) She firmly states he could find no replacement to last a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lester tells Carl Lee what when he visits his cell?

2. What illegal item does Carl Lee Hailey request to buy from K.T. "Cat" Bruster?

3. Following Carl Lee's preliminary hearing, what does Jake attempt to do in the interview with New York Times reporter McKittrick?

4. On his way back to Mississippi, what is Lester doing?

5. Where is Tonya seated in the interview with Jake and the Hailey family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a significant plot development in Chapter 5?

2. What are the positions taken by Jake and Carla when he suggests he will contact Lester, Carl Lee's brother, after the latter fires him?

3. What are some Jake's unethical practices?

4. Why does Judge Noose impose a gag order?

5. What sort of an attorney is Harry Rex Vonner?

6. How does John Grisham depict the events taking place in Clanton as carnival-like?

7. How are the key characters depicted as selfish and self-centered in Chapter 24?

8. Why does the name of Clyde Sisco cause some stir during Jake's jury strategy team session in Chapter 29?

9. Why does John Grisham open his story with such horrific detail of the crime?

10. What is the trajectory of Judge Omar Noose's career that has led him to his current status?

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