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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. Why is Grantham constantly scanning the Times?

2. What does Mrs. Morgan call the offices of White and Blazevich?

3. While in New Orleans, to whose room does Khamel go to hide in a closet?

4. In Chapter 36, who does Shaw pretend to be?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Shaw gets angry when Grantham talks to her about being careful?

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

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

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

5. Why does Grantham panic after talking with a maid outside his room at the Marbury?

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

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

8. Describe Victor Mattiece and his eccentricities.

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

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

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

The President tries to blame the murders of Rosenberg and Jensen on the FBI. Discuss why the FBI is or is not responsible for the deaths of these justices.

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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