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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. What is the name of the environmental group that filed a lawsuit to prevent drilling and dredging in Louisiana?
(a) Green Peace.
(b) Louisiana Wetlands Forever.
(c) Green Fund.
(d) Sierra Club.

2. On Monday, what is Coal planning to do during lunch?
(a) Play golf.
(b) Play squash.
(c) Play raquetball.
(d) Play tennis.

3. What does someone do to Grantham's car?
(a) Searches the car.
(b) Shoots out a tire.
(c) Tampers with the brakes.
(d) Installs a transmitter.

4. What does Shaw say when Grantham asks what she thinks of investigative reporting?
(a) She would rather be shot.
(b) She might become a reporter if she lives through this mess.
(c) She loves it.
(d) She would rather butcher hogs.

5. When Shaw is in New York, where does she go to research lawyers at law firms?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) Columbia law library.
(c) The public library.
(d) Fordham law library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the President invite to play golf with him on Monday afternoon?

2. Where did Curtis Morgan live?

3. Where is Khamel hiding after the assassination of Rosenberg and Jensen?

4. How much money does Shaw wire from her bank account?

5. How long does the President wish to wait before beginning an investigation into the pelican brief?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might have happened if Mattiece has played it cool and not started killing people after the pelican brief surfaced?

2. How is Shaw able to talk with Linney at the hospital?

3. Why does Grantham panic after talking with a maid outside his room at the Marbury?

4. What bad news does Coal share with the President on Monday morning?

5. Describe Mattiece's plan to make money in Louisiana's oil fields and how this plan has been thwarted.

6. Why is the pelican brief a possible liability for the President?

7. How does Sneller learn that Shaw is in D.C.?

8. Why does Shaw gets angry when Grantham talks to her about being careful?

9. What connection does Grantham make after Shaw tells him about the pelican brief?

10. Why does Horton want the Administration to investigate the pelican brief?

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