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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is hired by the mob to follow Mark's every move?

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

3. What does Momma Love tell Mark that Reggie takes every month?

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

5. As Mark sits in jail, he thinks about his problems. What are his problems?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Ricky's diagnosis and symptoms.

2. What is ironic about Foltrigg's choice of a juvenile hearing for Mark's testimony?

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

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

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

6. How does the mafia threaten Mark face-to-face?

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

8. Discuss Mark's knowledge of life.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the point of view from which The Client is written. Does this point of view make the story more or less believable? Select a different point of view and explain how The Client would have changed if written from it.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the genre of The Client and the sub-genre category under which the novel falls. Is there another genre the novel might also be classified as? Support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

A main character has both good and bad qualities, giving the character dimension. Discuss Mark's bad qualities. Who is to blame for those qualities? Are the "bad" qualities really bad? Support your answers.

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