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

2. Who from the Times is asking about the pelican brief?

3. What is the name of the environmental group that filed a lawsuit to prevent drilling and dredging in Louisiana?

4. With whom is Coal having a meeting in his limousine?

5. How does Shaw get to Newark?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bad news does Coal share with the President on Monday morning?

2. What was in the envelope Shaw found in Morgan's lockbox?

3. Why would Edwin Sneller like to meet Shaw?

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

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

6. Why do Grantham and Shaw talk to students who clerked at White and Blazevich last summer?

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

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

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

10. Who does Shaw see as she watches mourners arrive for Callahan's memorial service?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why Barr goes to meet with Mattiece. Describe his mission and the results of his mission.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the pelican brief, its contents, and how it helped to solve the murders of Rosenberg and Jensen.

Essay Topic 3

Although Justices Rosenberg and Jensen were very different individuals, both were murdered by the same man. Compare and contrast Rosenberg and Jensen.

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