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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. How many men did Sneller bring in from Miami by private jet?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Twelve.

2. To whom does Coal show the pelican brief in Chapter 33?
(a) East.
(b) Barr.
(c) Lewis.
(d) The President.

3. What does Grantham learn when he calls Cleve from the Jefferson Hotel?
(a) Sarge has been put on medical leave.
(b) Sarge has been fired.
(c) Sarge has been asked to retire.
(d) Sarge has been shot.

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

5. What did Morgan purchase shortly before his death?
(a) A million-dollar life insurance policy.
(b) A gun.
(c) Jewelry for his wife.
(d) A new car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Croft looking for as he watches lawyers' offices for Grantham?

3. What deal does Shaw make with Grantham when she tells him she is in New York?

4. Who does Grantham call at the White House to inquire about the pelican brief?

5. From where does Shaw watch Callahan's memorial service?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Lewis wondered how Verheek could go down for a simple funeral and end up dead. Explain how that happened.

4. Who does Shaw see as she watches mourners arrive for Callahan's memorial service?

5. How did Shaw get away from Stump?

6. Why did Khamel agree once to kill Castro, but then did not go through with the job?

7. Why would Edwin Sneller like to meet Shaw?

8. Why hasn't Grantham's apartment been bugged?

9. How does Shaw learn that Curtis Morgan/Garcia is dead?

10. Describe what happens when Grantham follows a man he believes to be Garcia into the offices of Brim, Stearns, and Kidlow?

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