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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 kills Verheek?
(a) Rupert.
(b) Khamel.
(c) The Cowboy.
(d) Sneller.

2. Why can't Shaw see Morgan when she goes to the offices of White and Blazevich?
(a) He is out of town.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is with a client.
(d) He is in the hospital.

3. After Shaw leaves New Orleans, where does the CIA lose her trail?
(a) O'Hare.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Orlando.

4. Why was Morgan working late when he was killed?
(a) Velmano asked him to work late.
(b) He worked eighty or more hours a week.
(c) He had to finish a project on the Pelican case.
(d) Wakefield asked him to work late.

5. Who does Khamel kill when he gets on the shore in Louisiana?
(a) Sam.
(b) Veeker.
(c) Luke.
(d) Shaw.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the rape of the Louisiana coastal wetlands begin?

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

4. What does Grantham learn when he calls Cleve from the Jefferson Hotel?

5. Why does Grantham tell Shaw not to call him at home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Gminski tell the President that the author of the pelican brief should become a novelist?

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

4. Describe Victor Mattiece and his eccentricities.

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

6. Who was waiting for Grantham outside the Post building?

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

8. What is the appeal process for the lawsuit between Mattiece and the Green Fund?

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

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

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