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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. Amongst some of the questions Buckley asks regarding Bass's identity, what is the crime Buckley ask Bass has been convicted of?
(a) Driving Under the Influence.
(b) Statutory Rape.
(c) Theft.
(d) Fraud.

2. During the trial on the fifth day, Lucien avoids eye contact with Sisco for what reason?
(a) He is confident there is a good chance for victory.
(b) He knows there is no way to get the figure Sisco has set.
(c) He wants to barter with Sisco on the price.
(d) He knows a wink or nod will consummate the deal.

3. Who has previously witnessed a KKK march in Clanton?
(a) One march in the very early 60's.
(b) Only some very elderly.
(c) Those alive in the 30's.
(d) No one now alive.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jake has Ellen focus on Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver, the state's mental expert, he asks her to center on cases where acquittals resulted because he suspects what?

2. As the Mississippi Imperial Wizard of the Klan speaks from the podium, there are 40 Klansmen marching at the courthouse and how many black people?

3. How does Jake feel when a patron in the Coffee Shop notes that the black protesters must frighten the jurors?

4. Despite the urging of his friends, Jake is determined to do what?

5. When two dozen Klansmen arrive on the first morning of the trial in full regalia, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the changes in perspective the Carl Lee Hailey trial has had on Jake?

2. What does Jake do on the balcony of his office after he returns from the Coffee Shop on the day the jurors deliver their verdict?

3. How do Harry Rex's pickup and Jake's Saab reflect more than a matter of taste, but of personality?

4. What does the reader learn was key to the jury being swayed to finding an innocent by reason of insanity verdict?

5. When the case is given to the jury, where do the members stand?

6. Why is Lucien able to draw thousands of black residents from northern Mississippi to Clanton to demonstrate on behalf of Carl Lee?

7. What offer does Lucien make to Jake regarding the jury that he objects to?

8. What happens when Jake requests a change of venue from Judge Noose following the riot and cross-burnings?

9. What happens on the Saturday morning when "Mickey Mouse" tips Ozzie the Klan plan a multi-state retaliation for the Thursday riot?

10. What transpires as the forty Ku Klux Klansmen arrive to demonstrate at the courthouse where the black protesters held their vigil?

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