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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. At noon, when the court assembles and finds the jury has not reached a verdict, the judge advises them to do what?
2. On Monday morning, Clanton is in "trial mode" as the Klan is happy having burned down Jake's home and what else?
3. Where does Judge Noose advise the jurors they will be sequestered?
4. Following three hours of sleep on the morning of the trial, Jake bolts awake and has Deputy Nesbit do what?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What transpires when Jake requests a change of venue in chambers on Monday, the first day of court?
2. On the second day of the trial, what happens to Gerald Ault, Jake's "ace-in-the-hole"?
3. Shortly after midnight, following the riot in the courthouse square, what do five teams of the KKK do?
4. What transpires when Clyde Acker walks for a cola at the Temple Inn?
5. How is Jake's closing argument indicative of it being his finest hour?
6. What happens between Jake and Ellen on the balcony of Jake's office?
7. What does Jake when the National Guard arrive?
8. How does Grisham depict Jake's response to the soldier who is seriously injured for protecting him?
9. Beyond the cost of a human life and loss for loved ones and associates, what are some of the significant ramifications of Tim Nunley's death?
10. How do Harry Rex's pickup and Jake's Saab reflect more than a matter of taste, but of personality?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Provide examples from the text where John Grisham utilizes the language and culture of the south to place the reader in the small, Mississippi town of Clanton.
Essay Topic 2
John Grisham is very elaborate in providing the reader a detailed description of Jake Brigance's historic legal suite, with multiple rooms and a balcony overlooking the courthouse square. He then utilizes this setting throughout the story in relaying Jake's reliance upon it. Analyze Grisham's use of this setting in the novel, and how it pertains to the political, social climate of the story.
Essay Topic 3
Ellen Roark and Harry Rex perform legal support functions for Jake Brigance. Identify and compare these functions. How are they similar? How are they different? At what times does Jake rely on these legal support services, and when does he operate without them?
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