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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. What does Rachel change her last name to after graduation from medical school?

2. For what does Josh develop a strategy?

3. Who is Libbigail's father?

4. How do they complete the rescue?

5. How does Nate begin his day at Walnut Hill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Basically, what did Troy's will say?

2. What was the effect of Troy's death on the media?

3. What did Nate and Jevy do to start the second half of their journey?

4. How did Troy's first wife and her family celebrate Christmas?

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

6. What was Libbigail's relationship with her father like and what is she doing after his death?

7. How did Josh try to assure that Nate would do as he was told?

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

9. What happened to Rachel's biological mother?

10. How does Nate feel about going to Brazil?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Nate was running from his problems by going on the business trip. He realized very quickly that no matter how far he ran his past would always follow.

1. Running from problems by going somewhere else is called a "geographic cure." Discuss what do you think this means.

2. Do you believe taking the geographic cure is a good idea or a bad idea? Why or why not? Could it be different depending on the circumstance?

3. Discuss two situations that might respond well to a geographic cure and two that wouldn't be helped with on.

Essay Topic 3

Ultimately the Phelan heirs each received fifty million dollars of their father's money. Rachel established a trust with her money.

1. Do you think this was a fair settlement? Why or why not?

2. Explain in detail what you think about Rachel's settlement of her inheritance.

3. Do you Josh betrayed Troy's trust in him or do you think Troy knew the settlement would probably end up something along those lines?

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