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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. From where does Shaw watch Callahan's memorial service?

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

3. How long does the President wish to wait before beginning an investigation into the pelican brief?

4. What does Shaw say when Grantham asks what she thinks of investigative reporting?

5. Where should Shaw have been instead of in New York researching lawyers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when Grantham follows a man he believes to be Garcia into the offices of Brim, Stearns, and Kidlow?

2. Describe Mattiece's plan to make money in Louisiana's oil fields and how this plan has been thwarted.

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

4. What connection does Grantham make after Shaw tells him about the pelican brief?

5. How did Shaw get away from Stump?

6. Describe Victor Mattiece and his eccentricities.

7. Why does Gminski tell the President that the author of the pelican brief should become a novelist?

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

9. Why did Khamel agree once to kill Castro, but then did not go through with the job?

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

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.

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

In Chapter 27 and other places in the novel, there are indications that the President is delighted with the murders of Rosenberg and Jensen. Explain why the President sees the murders as "a wonderful tragedy."

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