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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. Where is Khamel hiding after the assassination of Rosenberg and Jensen?

2. How old is Grantham?

3. Where was the President's wife taking money from the rich?

4. Who does Shaw see after leaving the bed and breakfast on Sunday morning?

5. What does Shaw find in Morgan's lockbox?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 25, someone assassinates Khamel. Who do you think performed the assassination and why? Use examples from the novel to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why Abraham Rosenberg refuses to retire from the Supreme Court even though he is in extremely poor health.

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