Erin Brockovich Movie Quiz

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

____	1.	This movie is based on a true story.

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____	2.	Which of the following “numbers” is NOT one that Erin gives to the new neighbor when they first meet?
a.	Phone number	c.	Bank account number	
b.	Childrens’ ages	d.	Bank account balance	

____	3.	Which actress played Erin Brockovich?
a.	Sandra Bullock	c.	Jodie Foster	
b.	Julia Roberts	d.	Kyra Sedgwick	

____	4.	Why did Erin go to see Mr. Masry for the first time?
a.	She was getting a divorce	c.	She was suing for malpractice	
b.	She was in a car wreck	d.	She needed a will	

____	5.	Finish this quote, “Do they teach lawyers to apologize?” Because .....
a.	You suck at it	c.	You could use a few lessons	
b.	Words don’t put food on the table	d.	You owe me a big one	

____	6.	Why did Mr. Masry say that Erin lost her case?
a.	She did not dress nicely enough	c.	She got angry ans began swearing on the stand	
b.	The guy who hit her was another lawyer	d.	The had a video of her hitting him	

____	7.	How many children did Erin have?
a.	One	c.	Three	
b.	Two	d.	Four	

____	8.	What did Erin see in the sink that made her jump?
a.	Dirty dishes	c.	A spider	
b.	A snake 	d.	A cockroach	

____	9.	What was the first job that Erin tried to get?
a.	Working in a law office	c.	Working as a pharmacist	
b.	Working in a doctor’s office	d.	Working in an architect firm	

____	10.	Where did Erin find a job?
a.	At a retail store	c.	At Mr. Masry’s law office	
b.	A fast food restaurant	d.	At PG&E	

____	11.	What did Mr. Masry tell Erin she should do to fit in better with the other office girls?
a.	Not work through lunch	c.	Stop swearing so much	
b.	Wear make-up	d.	Wear more conservative clothing	

____	12.	How much money did Mr. Masry give Erin as an advance on her paycheck for the weekend?
a.	$1000	c.	$50	
b.	$100	d.	$500	

____	13.	What kind of chromium did the professor say was dangerous?
a.	Chromium (II)	c.	Chromium (IV)	
b.	Hexavalent Chromium	d.	Chromium (III)	

____	14.	What was Erin’s neighbor or like?
a.	A middle aged, overworked woman	c.	An older, cranky gentleman	
b.	A middle aged, male biker	d.	A female ex-convict	

____	15.	What did the new babysitter do with Erin’s kids that made her never take them back to her?
a.	Slapped her son	c.	Neglected to feed them all day long	
b.	Ignored the baby when she was really sick	d.	Dropped them off early at the neighbor’s house without calling Erin	

____	16.	Why did Erin get fired by Mr. Masry?
a.	She didn’t check in often enough when she was out looking for leads	c.	She found out bad things about the people hiring the law firm	
b.	She took the day off to care for her sick kids	d.	Mr. Masry discovered her house was crawling with cockroaches	

____	17.	What made Mr. Masry offer Erin her job back?
a.	Mrs. Jensen would only talk to Erin.	c.	He felt guilty about taking away her only means of supporting her children	
b.	He wanted to know about the chromium cancer ink to the Jensen property case	d.	She threatened to sue him for sexual harrassment	

____	18.	How much money does Mr. Masry get if they lose the court case?
a.	Nothing-Not even for expenses	c.	$500	
b.	40% of what they would have won	d.	Only the expenses he had	

____	19.	When it sunk in that PG&E had lied, what was Mrs. Jensen’s first reaction?
a.	To contact the company and ask for more money	c.	To make an appointment with a doctor that PG&E did not pay	
b.	To go to the store and buy bottled water	d.	To get her children out of the pool	

____	20.	What happened to the Robinson’s chickens?
a.	They had severe tumors	c.	They were found dead next to PG&E’s retention pond	
b.	They stopped laying eggs	d.	They were born without feathers	

____	21.	In addition to talking to homeowners and looking through records, what else did Erin do to gather evidence?
a.	Interviewd company big shots and secretly recorded them	c.	She collected dead and diseased farm animals	
b.	Took water samples from around the factory	d.	She took photographs of PG&E personnel dumping hexavalent chromium into a river	

____	22.	Who does Erin think told PG&E about her, which prompted the nasty phone call?
a.	Brenda	c.	George	
b.	Mr. Masry	d.	Scott	

____	23.	What did the company do with the ponds to prevent them from contaminating the groundwater?
a.	Bury them deeply	c.	Treat them chemically	
b.	Line them	d.	Set them on fire	

____	24.	What did PG&E use the hexavalent chromium for?
a.	As an anti-corrosive	c.	To preserve wood	
b.	As a textile dye	d.	Aas a paint pigment	

____	25.	How did the judge rule when Mr. Masry filed the lawsuit against PG&E?
a.	That PG&E did not need to go to trial at that time	c.	That the case needed to go to trial	
b.	That both parties needed to submit to binding arbitration	d.	That the case could move forward with some of the points	

____	26.	What did Mr. Masry give Erin when she got upset about the new partner?
a.	A bouquet of flowers	c.	A car and money	
b.	A diamond watch	d.	A trophy for beong “Legal Assistant of the Year”	

____	27.	What medical problems did Mandy Robinson have that could be linked to the hexavaent chromium?
a.	A perforated septum	c.	Five miscarriages	
b.	Lung tumors	d.	A rash that would not go away	

____	28.	What did Erin find that was in the real estate files?
a.	Medical records and blood samples	c.	Death certificates	
b.	Divorce records	d.	Imigration records	

____	29.	What was the name of Erins’s male neighbor?
a.	John	c.	Jose	
b.	George	d.	Harry	

____	30.	What made the people of Hinkley distrust the lawsuit?
a.	Theresa was not as personable as Erin	c.	The letters they received did not explain things clearly	
b.	The lawsuit was changed to a binding arbitration	d.	All of the above	

Erin Brockovich Movie Quiz
Answer Section

TRUE/FALSE

	1.	ANS:	T	PTS:	1

MULTIPLE CHOICE

	2.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1

	3.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	4.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	5.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1

	6.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1

	7.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1

	8.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1

	9.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	10.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1

	11.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1

	12.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	13.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	14.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	15.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1

	16.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1

	17.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	18.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1

	19.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1

	20.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1

	21.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	22.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1

	23.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	24.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1

	25.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1

	26.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1

	27.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1

	28.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1

	29.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	30.	ANS:	D	PTS:	1