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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 interest group does Rosenberg favor?

2. Who has Voyles picked to lead the murder investigation?

3. Where did Sergeant Rupert take Shaw?

4. How many majority opinions had Jensen written in his six years on the Supreme Court?

5. Who is the youngest Supreme Court justice at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Grantham suspicious of the memo that Sarge passed on to him?

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

3. Why does Callahan attend conferences?

4. Describe Fletcher Coal.

5. Why is Coal considered to be a boy wonder?

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

7. What security precautions does the FBI recommend the Justices follow due to the increase in death threats?

8. Describe Garcia.

9. Who is Garcia?

10. Why did Shaw decide to be a lawyer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The President and Coal are very worried about the pelican brief and what might happen if the brief would become public. Explain why the pelican brief was such a liability for the President and for Coal.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 2, Callahan asks students to discuss Nash v. New Jersey. Compare the majority opinion of the Supreme Court and the dissent in this case.

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