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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. Who is Carolyn's son?
(a) Marc.
(b) Mason.
(c) Marty.
(d) Michael.

2. Nat is what type of child?
(a) A dreamer.
(b) An athlete.
(c) A scientist.
(d) A hellian.

3. Lionel Kenneally tells Rusty that Carolyn worked as a ______________ before becoming a lawyer.
(a) probation officer.
(b) court reporter.
(c) tour guide.
(d) waitress.

4. Rusty tells Lipranzer that Rusty's phone number _______________________.
(a) has to be changed.
(b) will be listed on Carolyn's phone records.
(c) is on the parking garage wall.
(d) should be a private listing.

5. Who is the trial judge chosen for Rusty's case?
(a) Sloane West.
(b) Larren Lyttle.
(c) Patrick Gallagher.
(d) Charles Middleton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carolyn's approach to their intimate relationship sometimes seemed __________________ to Rusty.

2. What did Rusty and Carolyn do while waiting for the verdict in the McGaffen trial?

3. Rusty and Carolyn had been working on a case in which a banker named Darryl McGaffen had a brother named ________________ who was laundering money through the bank.

4. What is the nickname of the county pathologist?

5. Where does Rusty claim he was on the night of Carolyn's murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would lead Dr. Kumagai to believe that Carolyn's rapist was sterile?

2. Explain Rusty's relationship with his boss, Raymond Horgan, especially as it relates to running for the District Attorney job.

3. How are the typical roles in a sexual relationship reversed with Rusty and Carolyn and what does that say about their personalities?

4. How does the author try to create some sympathy for Rusty's character regarding his stagnant marriage and his attraction to Carolyn?

5. What information does Lip find about Leon Wells regarding his probation officer and the prosecuting attorney?

6. Why was Rusty's infatuation with New Wave rock symbolic of his life at the time?

7. How does Rusty's attraction to Carolyn influence his closing statement in the Wendell McGaffen case?

8. Describe Rusty's first encounter with Marty Polhemus at the university.

9. What is the most questionable piece of evidence that is mentioned--at least in Rusty's eyes?

10. What are the two reasons that there is a delay in getting a computerized scan of the fingerprint evidence?

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