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The Last Juror

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Introduction:
""The Last Juror" is the seventeenth novel by John Grisham."


1. "The Last Juror" is a story narrated by the character Willie Traynor. William is his middle name. What is Willie’s real first name?
    Joyner
    Justin
    Justice
    Joseph


2. Willie is a 23-year-old college dropout. In which course was Willie enrolled at college?
    law
    political science
    medicine
    journalism


3. From whom does Willie borrow the money to buy the Ford County Times?
    Walter Sullivan
    Miss Emma Caudle
    His grandmother BeeBee
    Wilson Caudle


4. Shortly after Willie buys the paper, a brutal rape/murder occurs. What was the name of the victim?
    Lydia Vince
    Maxine Root
    Rhoda Kessellaw
    Ginger McClure


5. What was so unusual about the selection of Calia (Callie) Ruffin for the jury?
    She was the first black person to serve on a trial jury in Ford County.
    She was a well-known advocate of the death penalty.
    She was selected even though she requested to be excused on religious grounds.
    She was the only woman on the jury.


6. Danny Padgitt is accused of the crime. What did he say to the jury as he was leaving the witness box?
    You convict me and I’ll get every damned one of you.
    I didn't do it.
    It's a conspiracy.
    Please believe me - I'm innocent.


7. Danny Padgitt is convicted of murder. What sentence does he receive?
    ten years
    a life sentence
    twenty years
    the death penalty


8. In 1974, Willie began what he described as "an epic adventure". What weekend past-time did he begin to indulge in?
    He decided to visit every one of the 88 churches in Ford County.
    He attended Harry Rex's goat parties and drank moonshine.
    He took up competitive pistol shooting.
    He campaigned for the abolition of the death penalty in Mississippi.


9. Which of the jurors was the first to be murdered?
    Callie Ruffin
    Maxine Root
    Mo Teale
    Lenny Fargarson


10. "The Last Juror" is John Grisham's seventeenth novel. Which other John Grisham novel is also set in Ford County, Mississippi, and features some of the same characters?
    The Chamber
    The Firm
    A Time To Kill
    The Client


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