The Jurors
This is only juror who believes in the very beginning of the play that the boy on trial might not be guilty.
Juror Eight
Describe the temperature in the jury room.
It is extremely hot
What does the boy say happened to the brand new knife he purchased on the day of the murder?
He says he put it in his pocket, but it must have fallen out and got lost at the movie theater
What does Juror Eight do to show that it is possible that the knife which killed the victim did not belong to the boy?
He produces an identical switch knife, which he purchased for $2 in the same neighborhood where the defendant lived with his father
Which jury member wants everyone to hurry up so he can go to a ball game?
Juror 7
The antagonist (bad guy) of the play is
Juror Three
The city WHERE the trial takes place, though we were not told specifically in the play...
New York City
What is odd about the boy's story about being at the movies when the murder occurred?
He can't remember what movie he saw
Why doesn't Juror Eight believe that the defendant received a fair trial?
He believes that the Public Defender who was the boy's attorney didn't work very hard to get the boy acquitted.
Reasonable doubt
This is the MAIN thing about Juror Eleven's past that sets him apart from the others...
He is a refugee from Europe
What is the only real means the jurors have of trying to lower the temperature in the room?
There is a single window
Who says they heard the boy scream "I'm going to kill you" at his father?
The old man who lives in the apartment below the scene of the killing
Why does the jury feel that the old man might be wrong about hearing the boy yell that he was going to murder his father?
Because the el train that was passing would have been very loud, and might have made it difficult to hear the scream
At the end of Act II, what does Juror Eight trick Juror Three into doing?
Juror 8 gets Juror 3 so angry that he (Three) threatens to kill Eight. Earlier, Three had said that nobody threatens to kill someone if they don't really mean it; this proves that Three's theory might be wrong.
This juror says that he's "lived among 'em all of my life. You can't trust a word they say."
Juror Ten
Who is stationed directly outside the door to the Jury Room?
Guard
What does the old man downstairs say he saw after the murder occurred?
He saw the boy running downstairs and away from the crime scene
What about the old man's testimony makes the jurors believe that he might have his facts mixed up about seeing the boy flee the building?
The timing doesn't make sense. The old man says that he "ran" from his bedroom to the door in about 15 seconds. But the old man moved slowly in the court room, and the jury thinks it must have taken him at least twice that long to reach the door (30 to 40 seconds)...
What does Juror Three do to Juror Eight that makes the other jurors scream to warn Eight?
He pretends to stab him with the switch blade.
Which juror comes from the slums?
Juror 5
What do the jurors keep leaving the table to do, in order to cool off?
To get a drink from the water cooler
What does the woman across the street claim to have witnessed? (Provide details)
She claims to have witnessed the boy killing his father, through the windows of a passing elevated (el) train
What makes the woman's testimony questionable, in the eyes of the jury? (two things)
1) she claims to have seen the murder through a moving el train; and 2) she also may not have been wearing her glasses, because she had just gotten out of bed to look out the window at the passing train...
Who produces the expert knowledge that an experienced knife fighter wouldn't have held the knife the way the murderer did to stab the victim?
Juror Five