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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Grantham tell Shaw not to call him at home?
(a) His phone may be tapped.
(b) He likes to keep his private and work lives separate.
(c) He does not want his girlfriend answering the phone.
(d) He does not want his wife answering the phone.

2. How old is Grantham?
(a) 55.
(b) 38.
(c) 32.
(d) 29.

3. While in New Orleans, to whose room does Khamel go to hide in a closet?
(a) Callahan's room.
(b) Shaw's room.
(c) Verheek's room.
(d) Voyles' room.

4. Who is the person mentioned in the pelican brief?
(a) Khamel.
(b) Coal.
(c) Mattiece.
(d) Barr.

5. Which two law firms in D.C. does Shaw say work for Mattiece?
(a) Serge Bauer and Blumenfeld and Cohen.
(b) Greely and Brown and Lewis and Stephens.
(c) Calhoun Law Group and Ashcraft and Gerel.
(d) White and Blazevich and Brim, Stearns.

6. Who does Khamel's employer want him to kill?
(a) Shaw.
(b) Voyles.
(c) Veeker.
(d) Grantham.

7. What does Barr tell Coal when he is asked to bug Grantham's phone at the Post?
(a) He will have it done within 24 hours.
(b) It may take two weeks to get it done.
(c) It is impossible.
(d) It will be done within three days.

8. Who is the night police reporter for the Post?
(a) Nathaniel Jones.
(b) David Mason.
(c) Andrew Levinson.
(d) Mason Paypur.

9. What has happened to Louisiana's brown pelicans?
(a) Pesticides.
(b) Poaching.
(c) Too many hunters.
(d) Destruction of their habitat.

10. How does Shaw get to Newark?
(a) Train.
(b) Rental car.
(c) Bus.
(d) Taxi cab.

11. How much money does Shaw wire from her bank account?
(a) Twelve hundred dollars.
(b) Fifteen thousand dollars.
(c) Fifty thousand dollars.
(d) Seventy-five thousand dollars.

12. Who from the Times is asking about the pelican brief?
(a) Robertson.
(b) Davidson.
(c) Rifkin.
(d) Brown.

13. What front-page story is run by the Times-Picayune that concerns the editors at the Post?
(a) An article about Matthew Barr.
(b) An article about the pelican brief.
(c) Deaths of Verheek and Callahan.
(d) An article about Shaw.

14. Why was Grantham racing down Rhode Island St. at fifty miles per hour?
(a) He was trying to get back to Shaw.
(b) He was being followed.
(c) He was drunk.
(d) He was supposed to meet Cleve.

15. What is Mrs. Morgan's maiden name?
(a) Kupcheck.
(b) Kowalski
(c) Kaufman.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Monday, what is Coal planning to do during lunch?

2. Why did Shaw choose a certain hotel for her stay in New York City?

3. Where is Verheek to meet Shaw on Monday?

4. In Chapter 36, who does Shaw pretend to be?

5. Why can't Shaw see Morgan when she goes to the offices of White and Blazevich?

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