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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 has happened to Louisiana's brown pelicans?

2. What did Morgan see that at his law offices that he should not have a seen?

3. What does Voyles do when the President asks him to stop investigating the pelican brief?

4. How many men did Sneller bring in from Miami by private jet?

5. Where does Grantham go to meet Shaw for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Shaw get away from Stump?

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

4. How does Sneller learn that Shaw is in D.C.?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the reasons why Thomas Callahan is one of the most popular professors at Tulane University.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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