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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "American Express" pages 25-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Camille?
(a) Alan's mother.
(b) Alan's sister.
(c) Alan's wife.
(d) Alan's child.

2. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?
(a) Brenda is cheating on Frank, but he not invested in their relationship enough to notice.
(b) Brenda is looking for a house for her and Frank to live in outside the city.
(c) Frank is more focused on the case than on Brenda, so she finds a different boyfriend.
(d) Brenda has always been more interested in finding a rich man than finding true love.

3. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "hot" in Alan's comment about the new receptionist: "She's hot" (26)?
(a) She is sexually available.
(b) She is angry about something.
(c) She is physically attractive.
(d) She is uncomfortably warm.

4. What kind of company is Hardmann Roe?
(a) A drug company.
(b) A law firm.
(c) A lobbying group.
(d) A large manufacturer.

5. What does working on the Hardmann Roe case remind Frank and Alan of?
(a) A championship game.
(b) Their fathers' high expectations.
(c) Being students.
(d) Their questions about whether law is the right career.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the story's first section, what is Alan trying to decide about Frank?

2. What does Nan say is the cause of her life "made up of disappointments" (32)?

3. In what way do Frank and Alan become "like the old partners" at the firm because of the Hardmann Roe case?

4. What is Alan's family's religious background?

5. When Nan asks for Frank's help renegotiating her divorce settlement, what advice does he give her?

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