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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. After witnessing Romey's death, what happens when the two boys get home?
(a) Mark wets his pants.
(b) Ricky collapses in a state of shock.
(c) Ricky calls his mother.
(d) Ricky calls the police.

2. Who burns down Mark's family trailer home?
(a) A man in a dark Ford.
(b) A man in a white Ford.
(c) A man in a dump truck.
(d) A man walking on foot.

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

4. Who is the Memphis police reporter?
(a) Press Moeller.
(b) Slick Moeller.
(c) Steve Moeller.
(d) Ace Moeller.

5. Who is hired by the mob to follow Mark's every move?
(a) Sulari Muldanno.
(b) Barry Muldanno.
(c) Jack Nance.
(d) Paul Gronke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps Mark from lying on the stand while being questioned?

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

3. When Mark finally tells his mother and the doctor the truth about what he witnessed, of which part are they skeptical?

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

5. Who leaks the trial information to the media in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reggie do when she learns that Diane has been fired?

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

3. Describe The Blade's physical appearance.

4. As Foltrigg and his crew wait for Mark to talk, they begin researching their legal options. What are their options?

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

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

7. Describe Trumann's brilliant idea for making Mark talk if the juvenile hearing fails to do so.

8. 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?

9. Discuss the ethical issue that Reggie faces as she prepares Mark for his first juvenile court hearing.

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

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