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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. Who does Khamel meet at the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown?

2. How long will it take Voyles to have the names of the candidates for the Supreme Court checked?

3. Which government agency is watching Shaw?

4. What is Coal's job title?

5. Why is Suspect Number Six on the list of possible suspects for the murders of the justices?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Khamel.

2. Describe Fletcher Coal.

3. Describe Abraham Rosenberg.

4. Why does Callahan attend conferences?

5. Why does Coal think the President should not attend Jensen's funeral?

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

7. What is Rosenberg's ideology?

8. Why has Thomas Callahan canceled his classes?

9. Why do Coal and Voyles have a disagreement while discussing the candidates to be vetted for the Supreme Court?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe the ways that the FBI and the CIA work together in the novel, and how they share information confidentially.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the knowledge that Shaw and Garcia had regarding the Rosenberg and Jensen murders. Also discuss how they obtained their information.

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