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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver Lambert read in the cathedral?

2. What does Mitch say could have cut the tension between him and Abby's parents?

3. Who does the FBI say owns the Bendini Firm?

4. What does Avery say Capps will use to read Mitch's rough draft?

5. What city is Mitch leaving for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mitch want Eddie Lomax to help him?

2. Describe Mitch's meeting with Tammy?

3. What does Lomax say is suspicious about Mickel's suicide?

4. What does DeVasher say is strange about Mitch's story about the FBI?

5. Why does Mitch think Lomax looks like the Marlboro Man?

6. Why is Mitch ready to blame Avery if he fails the bar exam?

7. How does Abby's father anger Mitch?

8. How does the Firm scare Mitch before they tell him his bar exam results?

9. Why does Lomax say Lamm's death is suspicious?

10. How does the Firm tempt Mitch into joining the company?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way could Mitch be called a person with principles? How do Mitch's principles blind him to what is really going on? How do you think Mitch would have reacted if he hadn't found out about the Firm until after the obligatory twelve years?

Essay Topic 2

In what way is Avery different from the other employees working for the Firm? Why does he work for the Firm if he does not respect its rules?

Essay Topic 3

In what does the story's ending highlight the theme of individualism? What has happened to the characters who have worked more as a collective?

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