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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Coal's job title?

2. What family members does Callahan leave behind?

3. What unpopular course is taught by one of the most popular professors at Tulane?

4. Which justice is afraid of his own shadow?

5. What does Coal want the President to wear when he announces the murders on a press conference?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Garcia?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, why are things more tense than usual during the demonstration?

3. What does Alice Stark discover when she goes to Shaw's apartment?

4. Describe Sarge.

5. Why does Voyles have East give Shaw's brief to the White House?

6. Describe Garcia.

7. Why does Verheek say he should have thrown the pelican brief in the garbage?

8. Why is Justice Jensen a major security risk?

9. Why does Coal want the President should attend Rosenberg's funeral?

10. Why does Coal say that the "egg is on Voyles' face"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A series of murders are attributed to Mattiece in the novel. Describe his role in the murders of Rosenberg and Jensen, Callahan, Garcia/Morgan, Barr, and Verheek.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, we see a strong contrast between the President of the United States and his Chief of Staff, Fletcher Coal. Compare and contrast the President and Coal.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why Abraham Rosenberg refuses to retire from the Supreme Court even though he is in extremely poor health.

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