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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. What is Jake Brigance accustomed to doing on his office balcony?
(a) Have a shot of quality bourbon.
(b) Light a cigar.
(c) Have a cup of coffee.
(d) Play his harmonica.

2. Judge Omar Noose initiated his career as a mediocre lawyer but good politician who served five terms in the state legislature, and during which he developed what?
(a) A moderate, but totally honest lifestyle.
(b) A most affluent, honest lifestyle.
(c) A most affluent, dishonest lifestyle.
(d) A moderate, but borderline dishonest lifestyle.

3. What is Carla's reply when Jake asks her if she would convict Carl Lee Hailey for murdering Billy Ray Cobb if she were a jury member?
(a) She would have to convict of a lesser charge.
(b) She could not convict.
(c) It would be hard to convict.
(d) She would have to convict.

4. A convoy of how many buses carrying elderly blacks converge at the courthouse where Reverend Agee is holding a rally?
(a) 22.
(b) 31.
(c) 27.
(d) 42.

5. Besides getting names and addresses, what does the Ku Klux Klan advise Freddie Cobb he must do to participate?
(a) Recruit 2 additional members and join the KKK.
(b) Join the KKK and participate in the lynching of a black person.
(c) Join the KKK.
(d) Recruit 5 or 6 members and join the KKK.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the six capital defense attorneys of the NAACP known as?

3. When Bo Marsharfsky calls requesting Jake to be his local associate, what is his response?

4. During the meeting of Jake's jury strategy team, what do the black citizens do?

5. Why does Carl Lee fire Jake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the efforts made in Clanton in preparation for the trial?

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

3. What observations on the part of Jake's secretary irritate him to the point he advises her to keep quiet or quit?

4. Despite Jake's seeking a change of venue again, what are the reasons Jake would prefer the trial continue in Ford County?

5. How does K.T. "Cat" Bruster's view of truth and justice compare with Carl Lee's?

6. What illegal methods does Ozzie employ to gain information from the suspected bomber?

7. What do readers learn about Jake Brigance in Chapter 8?

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

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

10. What transpires between Carl Lee and Deputy Looney while the latter is still hospitalized, and how does Jake respond?

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