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

2. Why is Grantham constantly scanning the Times?
(a) To read the latest news.
(b) To get ideas for stories.
(c) To read the classifieds.
(d) Make sure they have not scooped his story.

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

4. What deal does Shaw make with Grantham when she tells him she is in New York?
(a) Not to use her name.
(b) To protect her.
(c) To get her a private airplane.
(d) To get her out of the country.

5. At which law firm does Croft thinks he spots Garcia?
(a) Brim, Stearns, and Kidlow.
(b) Greely and Brown.
(c) Ryan, Whitcomb, and Wood
(d) White and Blazevich.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Shaw calls Grantham on Monday, what information does she tell him to get?

2. Who is the night police reporter for the Post?

3. What front-page story is run by the Times-Picayune that concerns the editors at the Post?

4. What is the name of the environmental group that filed a lawsuit to prevent drilling and dredging in Louisiana?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Shaw get away from Stump?

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

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

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

6. Describe Victor Mattiece and his eccentricities.

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

8. What was in the envelope Shaw found in Morgan's lockbox?

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

10. Why would Edwin Sneller like to meet Shaw?

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