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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 type of evidence was presented at the trial in the case that Bill filed a complaint about?

2. What is it that Bill thinks made the stars what they are today?

3. What does Bill think the reader should understand?

4. What is an internationalist country?

5. Which one of the following is not something that Bill learned on his way to success?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Chicago a good example of an overlooked inner city?

2. Why does Bill choose to end the book with a chapter that does not involve politics?

3. As Bill explains in Chapter 8, what is the hypocrisy of some people that claim to represent the minorities?

4. What did the investigation by the California State Bar find?

5. How is the legal system of the country growing?

6. What was Bill's experience at Inside Edition?

7. How can people be vilified when speaking about minorities? What situation did Bill experience to show the political correctness in society?

8. What is Bill's prediction for the future of the legal system?

9. What was the difference in the way the police handled crime when Bill's grandfather patrolled the streets of New York?

10. According to Bill, how can a person tell if they are being lied to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Bill's views on religion, church, and the positive effects that religion has on health, morality, and society. Include an analysis of the statistics and examples Bill provides in Chapter 5. Explain Bill's objections to the scandals in the Catholic Church and how they were handled. Use Bill's childhood recollections to examine the effect his Catholic School education had on his life, and the way it helped him avoid making impulsive decisions with serious unintended consequences.

Essay Topic 2

According to Bill, friendship is an important part of life that can also be very valuable.

- Describe the value of friendship and the advantages of having trustworthy friends, based on Bill's views.

- Explain the ways that Bill believes a person can attract and maintain solid friendships with the right people.

- Describe the types of friendships that Bill thinks should be avoided and the suggestions he makes in evaluating current or potential friends impartially.

Essay Topic 3

Bill's upbringing contributed a lot to the way he approaches his life, and in the book, he discusses the influences of his father and grandfather.

- Compare and contrast Bill with his father in their approach to life, work, and people.

- Compare and contrast Bill with his grandfather in their approach to work, dealing with crime, and trust.

- Analyze the main similarities and differences of Bill, his father, and his grandfather and the most important things that Bill has learned from both of them.

- Describe how Bill uses flashbacks as a literary technique and why it is particularly effective when recounting his childhood.

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