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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 does Romey tell his old law school classmate when he calls him?
(a) How much money he is making as a Mafia lawyer.
(b) That he needs to quit The Blade case.
(c) Where a body is hidden.
(d) How much his fees have increased.

2. How does Romey die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Shoots himself in the mouth.
(c) Carbon monoxide poisoning.
(d) A Mafia hit.

3. Why does the police officer suspect that Mark is lying?
(a) Because he failed the lie detector test.
(b) His claims sound fishy.
(c) Because he overhears Mark telling his mother the truth.
(d) When he lies, his left eye twitches.

4. Reggie gives Mark a break by taking him from the hospital to where?
(a) Her own home.
(b) To a movie.
(c) To his grandma's house.
(d) Back to his house for the night.

5. How does Romey implicate Mark as having some connection with his suicide?
(a) By writing Mark's name in the dirt on the car window.
(b) By leaving the recording of him talking to Mark in the car.
(c) By writing "Mark did it" on his suicide note.
(d) By writing Mark's name on the back of his suicide note.

Short Answer Questions

1. What message does Mark ask Reggie to relay to his mother?

2. What does Mr. Lewis vow to have ready in just a few days?

3. What is Trumann's plan to scare Mark into telling all he knows?

4. What fee does Reggie charge Mark as a retainer?

5. What does Reggie's intentional stalling on Mark's behalf force the district attorney's office to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the investigating officer suspicious of Mark's story at the scene of Romey's death?

2. Describe the only real-life experience that Mark has had with lawyers until now.

3. Why is the media coverage of Romey's funeral unexpected, and why does it occur?

4. Describe the physical appearance and working relationships of Willis Upchurch.

5. Mark grapples with the idea of lying on the stand. Why does he decide not to lie?

6. Discuss Reggie's life as a wife, mother, and law school student.

7. Discuss Ricky's diagnosis and symptoms.

8. What news does FBI agent Jason McThune share with Foltrigg that makes them believe Mark knows more than he is telling?

9. Describe The Blade's physical appearance.

10. How does Mark make the detention center attendant feel sorry for him when he returns to his cell following his juvenile hearing? What does he get out of the pity?

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