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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. Where does Lamar say the Firm is located?

2. What does Avery say the Cayman bankers make the Swiss look like?

3. What do Mitch and Abby drink with their ribs?

4. What does Mitch tell Avery he needs time to do?

5. What is the only food the restaurant sells?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sam Capp so important to the company?

2. How does the Firm set Mitch up in this section?

3. Describe Mitch's upbringing.

4. How does the Firm scare Mitch before they tell him his bar exam results?

5. How does Abby's father anger Mitch?

6. What happens when a employer's wife gives birth?

7. How does Mitch want Eddie Lomax to help him?

8. Why is the Firm so keen on hiring Mitch?

9. How does the Firm assure people keep quiet?

10. What is Lambert's opinion on secrecy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of people does the Firm like to employ? Why does the Firm see these people as safe? In what way does Mitch fit into the role of perfect employee?

Essay Topic 2

In what way could Mitch be called a person with principles? How do Mitch's principles blind him to what is really going on? How do you think Mitch would have reacted if he hadn't found out about the Firm until after the obligatory twelve years?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the book.

1. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2. Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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