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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. From what business is Senator Boyette abducted?

2. Why is Mrs. Sway relieved when McThune asks her where Reggie is?

3. Why is Mark still against the witness protection program offer?

4. Who is the guard at the detention center that finds Mark in a zombie-like state in Chapter 31?

5. How long must Mark wait after getting his grand jury subpoena before being given a chance to call his lawyer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Chapter 31 shows Reggie's growing paranoia after learning that she is a mafia target.

2. Explain how Mark foils the three mafia men's attempt to dig up Senator Boyette's body.

3. Explain how the FBI is informed of the exact location of the senator's body.

4. Discuss the rumors associated with the senator's death.

5. Having failed to retrieve the senator's body, what does the mafia plan to do now?

6. Why does Reggie try to talk Mark out of foiling the mafia men's attempts to move the dead body?

7. What do Foltrigg and his crew believe happened with Mark?

8. At the end of the book, who gets to the body first -- FBI or mafia -- and how does the reader know?

9. Describe Mark's feelings as he and Reggie ride to the New Orleans airport.

10. How does Reggie get back at Foltrigg?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What aspects and experiences of the author's own life might be drawn upon for inspiration in The Client? Explain your answers, giving an overview of the author's life.

Essay Topic 2

Name and define the five types of conflict. Which conflict prevails in The Client? Select a different type of conflict and explain how the story would have differed under that particular type of conflict.

Essay Topic 3

What is inciting force and which character is the inciting force in this story? How does the character fulfill that role? Give three examples and discuss the importance of each one in detail.

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