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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Cacophony.

4. On the night of Brenda's party, how long has Alan been in New York?
(a) About 6 years.
(b) About 2 years.
(c) About 8 years.
(d) About 4 years.

5. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?
(a) "A thirteen-year-old."
(b) "A rocket to the moon."
(c) "A huge dog."
(d) "A dropped stone."

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?

2. What is a logical inference about who "Hopie" is?

3. From context, what is likely true about the Century Club?

4. Why does Brenda not want to take the promotion she has been offered?

5. What is Frank referring to when he asks Brenda what she is going to do with "that beautiful struma" (27)?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Alan's reaction to Nan different from Frank's?

2. What angers Frank so much at the bar and restaurant called "Jack's'?

3. Who is Nan Christie, and what is her relationship to Frank?

4. What do Frank and Alan do two months before their big case is supposed to be tried, and why do people tell them it is a bad idea?

5. What is "Hardmann Roe," and what role does it play in shaping Frank's and Alan's careers?

6. Explain the meaning of this metaphor used on page 23: "They were in the last rank of the armies of law."

7. What major event happens in Alan's life at Christmastime the year that Frank meets Nan, and how does Alan feel about it?

8. What is the difference in Frank's and Alan's attitudes toward marriage?

9. What does Frank tell Nan is the difference between men and women?

10. What is the outcome of Frank and Alan's big case, and how does it impact their careers?

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