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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. Who is Hark Gettys?

2. What does Marco demand?

3. What is happening back in the States?

4. What is the conclusion about sending someone to Brazil?

5. What character is present in the opening of this story?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nate feel about going to Brazil?

2. Why is Josh Stafford meeting with Troy?

3. What did Nate do on Christmas day in Brazil?

4. What do Nate and Jevy discuss as they float on the river and how does Nate feel about it?

5. What happened to Nate and his guides on the river while exploring Pantanal?

6. What are the thoughts of Troy Phelan when the novel opens?

7. Why would Josh consider sending Nate to Brazil to find the Phelan heir?

8. How did Nate feel when he first came to Brazil and why?

9. How did Troy divide his money with his last holographic will?

10. What did Hark Getty see as a benefit to being Rex's lawyer? Why did he have a strong motivation to do his best?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nate deemed the hospital in Corumba to be insufficient and was mortified by the care he received there. The hospital in Corumba was a local one utilized only by people who had no other choice.

1. Do you think Nate was being ungrateful to the hospital? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think the people in Corumba tolerated a hospital like Nate was in?

3. Explain what you see is the connection between money and good health care.

Essay Topic 2

Troy kept Rachel's whereabouts to himself, refused to answer Evelyn's letters, and her desperation culminated in her suicide five years after Rachel's birth.

1. Explain, in detail, what kind of man Troy appears to be that he would keep Evelyn from seeing her daughter.

2. Do you think Evelyn's suicide could have been prevented? Why or why not?

3. Why do you think Troy would not answer Evelyn's letters? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Nate returned from South America with intentions to leave the world of law behind him and live simply. Hark Gettys, on the other hand, was doing just the opposite. He was behaving in unethical ways and trying to maximize his fees in any way possible.

1. Do you think all lawyers are like Hark? Why or why not?

2. Explain in detail why you might prefer Nate for a lawyer over Hark or the other way around.

3. To you think in the real world lawyers will actually help people lie to a court? Why or why not?

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