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A Time to Kill Quiz #1

1 What kind of car does Billy Ray Cobb drive?
A yellow Hummer H2

A new yellow pickup truck

A flashy red Saab

A black BMW
2 How long did Cobb spend in Parchman Penitentiary?
Five years

One year

Three months

Three years
3 What does Billy Ray Cobb do for a living?
Line cook

Insurance fraud

Tax lawyer

Sells narcotics
4 How old is Tonya Hailey at the beginning of the novel?
Fourteen

Twelve

Eight

Ten
5 Who does Tonya think she sees in the woods while Cobb and Willard sleep?
Carl Lee Jr.

Jake Brigance

Gwen

Carl Lee
6 What is Tonya doing when she is picked up by Cobb and Willard?
Selling oranges by the freeway

Walking home with a bag of groceries

Walking home from school

Playing hopscotch with her friends
7 How many Black sheriffs are there in Mississippi at the time the novel is set?
One

Nine

Five

Two
8 What percentage of the population of Ford County is white?
74

45

88

60
9 What part of Sheriff Walls' past most contributes to his popularity?
He is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War

He has a record of being particularly harsh on Black suspects

He was a college baseball star

He was a college football start
10 Who is Bumpous?
A C.I. for Ozzie Walls

The owner of a local Greek restaurant

A friend of Bille Ray's

A founding member of the Clanton chapter of the Ku Klux Klan
11 What does Walls ask Bumpous to do in the honky tonk?
Spy on Lester Hailey

Buy Cobb drinks until he openly talks about raping Tonya Hailey

Kill Cobb

Antagonize Cobb until he attacks him, so they can arrest Cobb for assault
12 What did a group of local ministers beg Ozzie to do after he took office?
Defund the police

Offer leniency to pastors who are arrested

Fundraise for the churches

Re-open the honky tonks
13 An affidavit is...
a court order to search a premises

a type of marsh-dwelling insect

a sworn, written statement for use as evidence in court

a request submitted by a lawyer to be approved by a judge
14 When Jake is first introduced, what is he most stressed about while getting ready for work?
Repainting their house

Race relations in Clanton

Male-pattern baldness

Financial problems with his firm
15 Jake's neighbor's name is...
Mrs. Mustard

Gwen Hailey

Mrs. Pickles

Lucien Wilbanks
16 How many children do Carla and Jake have together?
Four

One

One and another on the way

Three
17 Hanna is how old?
Four

Ten

Five

Fourteen
18 Jake's home is one of two homes in Ford County that...
is painted pink

was built by Frank Lloyd Wright

was built before the Civil War

is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
19 What street does Jake live on?
Adams St.

Grant St.

Washington St.

Jefferson Ave.
20 What is Jake's favorite breakfast spot in Clanton?
The Hollywood

Claude's

The Coffee Shop

The Tea Shoppe
21 Where are Cobb and Willard arrested?
At Willard's mother's house

Huey's honky-tonk

They turn themselves in after sobering up

At Cobb's mother's house
22 If they were given maximum sentences, how long would it have been before Cobb and Willard could've been paroled?
Thirteen years

Ten years

Seven years

They were not eligible for parole due to the nature of their crimes
23 When was Lucien disbarred?
1981

1964

1979

1969
24 What replaces the Wilbanks firm as the biggest corporate firm in town?
The Buckley Firm

Brigance's firm

The Palms Firm

The Sullivan Firm
25 Whose portrait does Jake have hanging above his desk?
Donald Barthelme

George Washington

William Faulkner

Robert E. Lee

Jake Brigance is a young, inexperienced lawyer with no support from the local community. True False

False

Asked by Vy V #1362017

Answered by jill d #170087 on 4/14/2025 10:07 AM

Why does a portrait of William Faulkner hang in Attorney Brigance's office?

We are not told exactly why the portrait is hanging over the rolltop desk, but we can infer that Jake is a fan of the author.

Asked by yes n #1195946

Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/29/2021 4:27 PM

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What does Lucien mean when he says “You can win this case, and justice will prevail. but lose, and justice will also prevail”?

From the movie script:

If Brigance wins the case, justice will prevail because Carl Lee Hailey will be acquitted and if Brigance loses the case, justice will still prevail because he fought for what he believed was right and did his best to defend...

Asked by elizabeth b #908853

Answered by jill d #170087 on 9/8/2023 8:52 AM

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