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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. What does Tammy give Mr. Dantley as a gift?

2. What Highway does Abby turn north on?

3. Where do Mitch and the others go after dark?

4. What does Tammy say Mitch told her lawyers are very particular about?

5. Where does Abby say the files are?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mitch happy someone steals his BMW?

2. Why is Tammy's help becoming increasingly important?

3. How does Ray deal with the Nordic man?

4. How does Mitch manage to copy Avery's files?

5. What does Mitch say he wants from the FBI in returning for helping them uncover the Firm?

6. How does the Morolto family keep tabs on what the FBI is up to?

7. Why is Tammy important to Mitch?

8. What does Tammy do once Mitch and the others have left the area?

9. How do Morolto's men get rid of the authorities?

10. Why are the police after both Ray and Mitch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Grisham's representation of the Mafia.

1. How does Grisham represent the Mafia in the book? Why does he represent them in this way?

2. Is Grisham's representation of the Mafia accurate?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Mitch not question the Firm from the beginning? What does his unquestioning attitude say about his character?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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