View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mark shout to the media as cops take him from the hospital to jail?
(a) That the cops are hurting him.
(b) That they are all losers and need to get a real job.
(c) That the cops are torturing his family.
(d) That the cops beat down his mother and are taking a little kid to jail.

2. How do FBI agents know that Mark was in Romey's car on the day of his death?
(a) His fingerprints were on the gun and the steering wheel.
(b) His fingerprints were on the gun and he wrote a note on Romey's suicide note.
(c) His fingerprints were on the car door and gun, and his name was written on the suicide note.
(d) His fingerprints were on the car and on Romey's discarded wallet found in the woods.

3. In talking with the FBI, Reggie finds that they have broken two more rules to get information. What information do they illegally obtain?
(a) Mark's fingerprints and his IQ.
(b) Mark's fingerprints and his bloodtype.
(c) Mark's school grades and his father's information.
(d) Mark's father's whereabouts and his mother's work records.

4. Which of the agents gets a phone call from a drunk Romey?
(a) Skipper Scherff.
(b) Wally Foltrigg.
(c) Roy Foltrigg.
(d) Fink.

5. What secret does Romey tell the boy that is in the car with him?
(a) That he killed The Blade.
(b) Where the senator's body is buried.
(c) That his lawyer is crooked.
(d) That he escaped from jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What confuses Mark about Judge Harry's courtroom?

2. What does Mark ask the jail attendant to bring him in Chapter 26?

3. How does Mark reply when the judge asks if Romey told him anything about the Boyette case?

4. Which offices are bugged by the mob?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Reggie usually take her clients home to meet Momma Love?

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

3. Why does Reggie object to the juvenile hearing and why doesn't she ask for a continuance?

4. What are the problems that Mark mulls over when he is taken from his mother and brother to a juvenile detention facility? How does he feel?

5. Discuss Judge Harry Roosevelt's dedication to his job.

6. What is Fink's relationship to Romey, and why is it important to this story?

7. Describe The Blade's physical appearance.

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

9. Discuss Mrs. Sway's concern about the witness protection program.

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 869 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample