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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. How does Mark win over the detention center attendant?

2. What is Mark's father like?

3. What does Mark tell his mother over the phone about the detention facility?

4. Why is Mark's mother crying when Reggie arrives at the hospital in Chapter 16?

5. Who is The Blade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the investigating officer suspicious of Mark's story at the scene of Romey's death?

2. As Foltrigg and his crew wait for Mark to talk, they begin researching their legal options. What are their options?

3. Why does Reggie usually take her clients home to meet Momma Love?

4. Why does Reggie object to the juvenile hearing and why doesn't she ask for a continuance?

5. Discuss the ethical issue that Reggie faces as she prepares Mark for his first juvenile court hearing.

6. Why is the media coverage of Romey's funeral unexpected, and why does it occur?

7. Describe Trumann's brilliant idea for making Mark talk if the juvenile hearing fails to do so.

8. What does Reggie do when she learns that Diane has been fired?

9. Discuss what the FBI learns through their salt and pepper shaker bugs.

10. In what ways does Reggie claim that Mark's rights have been violated during the investigation of Romey's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the point of view from which The Client is written. Does this point of view make the story more or less believable? Select a different point of view and explain how The Client would have changed if written from it.

Essay Topic 2

A protagonist has heroic qualities and an antagonist has villainous qualities. Discuss the protagonist in The Client. Discuss the antagonist. What is ironic about the story's antagonist?

Essay Topic 3

Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony is it? What is expected and what actually occurs with your examples?

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