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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. How does Mark temporarily get away from his interview with the FBI?
(a) He says he's tired and needs a nap.
(b) He asks for a cola.
(c) He bolts for the door.
(d) He asks to go to the restroom.

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

3. How does the FBI eavesdrop on Muldanno's restaurant conversation?
(a) Through an informant.
(b) By reading his lips from a distance.
(c) With bugged salt and pepper shakers.
(d) A waitress overheard them.

4. What is Trumann's plan to scare Mark into telling all he knows?
(a) To take Ricky into custody, too.
(b) To subpoena the boy to a grand jury.
(c) To threaten the boy when his lawyer's not around.
(d) To charge Ricky with Romey's death.

5. How does Mark win over the detention center attendant?
(a) He flatters her a lot.
(b) He asks her to marry him when he grows up.
(c) He screams and shouts.
(d) He makes her feel sorry for him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two difficult tasks are the FBI and the district attorney's office faced with in Chapter 13?

3. Why does Mark want to sue the detention center to which he is taken?

4. What does the doctor tell Ricky's family is vital to his recovery?

5. Which brother catches the other stealing their mother's cigarettes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what ways does Reggie claim that Mark's rights have been violated during the investigation of Romey's death?

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

5. How does Mark dodge the important question during his hearing, and what is the result?

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

7. Discuss what the FBI learns through their salt and pepper shaker bugs.

8. 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?

9. Discuss Ricky's diagnosis and symptoms.

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

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