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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. Who opens a Facebook profile under the fake name Marvin Glasscock?
(a) Derek.
(b) Andy.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Sarah.

2. In what area of the courtroom does Laurie sit each day during Jacob's trial?
(a) In the row of seats nearest the judge.
(b) Right behind Andy on a bench.
(c) Right behind Neal on a bench.
(d) In the last row at the back.

3. What reason does Andy give for saying that Neal's shopping spree for new suits had been a mistake?
(a) The new suits are ill-fitting and wrinkled.
(b) Neal is concentrating on the wrong issues.
(c) Neal tends to preen in his new costumes.
(d) Neal is sending the wrong message to the jury.

4. What action does Andy tell Jacob to stop doing during the trial?
(a) Staring at the jury.
(b) Picking at his finger skin.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Scowling.

5. Who admits that in addition to Andy wanting to pursue Patz as a suspect in Ben's murder, he had also wanted to pursue Patz?
(a) Duffy.
(b) Billy.
(c) Neal.
(d) Jacob.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what prison is Andy's father being held?

2. How far away from Ben's middle school had his dead body been found?

3. What type of pornography does Derek say Jacob reads online?

4. What adjective does Andy use to describe Laurie's manner when she gets seated on the first morning of Jacob's trial?

5. Jacob reports that about what percent of online talk focused on him is positive after the trial starts?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the symptoms Andy describes as being associated with his "familiar battlefield euphoria" (243) going into Jacob's trial.

2. What reason does Andy give for granting Dr. Vogel's request for a particular item?

3. What verdict does Andy name as the only one that will make a real difference to his family, even if Jacob is acquitted?

4. What is the outcome of Dr. Vogel's DNA tests?

5. Who wins the battle between Neal and Duffy within Chapter 30?

6. How is Andy's capacity for violence demonstrated in his interaction with Matthew at Matthew's home?

7. How does Dr. Vogel's psychiatric report use allusion to outline her final findings?

8. How does Andy characterize his friend Duffy's level of honesty?

9. What element of Laurie does Andy say never ages?

10. What is the judge's ruling about the introduction of evidence relating to the murder gene?

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