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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one thing that Frank advises Alan he should not let his wife take in the divorce?
(a) Their child.
(b) The apartment.
(c) Part of their law practice.
(d) Their dog.

2. From context, what is likely true about the Century Club?
(a) It is inexpensive.
(b) It attracts a young clientele.
(c) It is exclusive.
(d) It is loud inside.

3. What does working on the Hardmann Roe case remind Frank and Alan of?
(a) Being students.
(b) A championship game.
(c) Their fathers' high expectations.
(d) Their questions about whether law is the right career.

4. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Personification.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Metaphor.

5. What is a logical inference about who "Hopie" is?
(a) Brenda's mother.
(b) Brenda's sister.
(c) Alan's wife.
(d) Alan's child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Alan's family from?

2. Who is Camille?

3. How does Brenda seem to feel about Frank and Alan missing her party?

4. Why does Brenda not want to take the promotion she has been offered?

5. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "funny" in "In those days they were living in apartments with funny furniture" (25)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the outcome of Frank and Alan's big case, and how does it impact their careers?

2. Who is Brenda, and what is Franks' relationship with her in the first section of the text?

3. How does Nan react when Frank tells her his theory about the difference between men and women?

4. What angers Frank so much at the bar and restaurant called "Jack's'?

5. Who is Nan Christie, and what is her relationship to Frank?

6. What does Frank tell Nan is the difference between men and women?

7. What is the story that Nan Christie tells Frank about trying to find someone to date and marry?

8. On page 29, what does Brenda say about "thin-lipped women," and how does Frank respond?

9. What is the difference in Frank's and Alan's attitudes toward marriage?

10. What is "Hardmann Roe," and what role does it play in shaping Frank's and Alan's careers?

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